bruise
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bruise
an injury that does not break the skin but produces a discoloration; contusion; to injure slightly: bruise someone’s feelings
Not to be confused with:
brews – makes beer, ale, tea, coffee, etc.; concocts, schemes, devises: brews a plan
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bruise
(bro͞oz)v. bruised, bruis·ing, bruis·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of (part of the body) without breaking the skin, as by a blow.
b. To damage (plant tissue), as by abrasion or pressure: bruised the fruit by careless packing.
2. To dent or mar.
3. To pound (berries, for example) into fragments; crush.
4. To hurt, especially psychologically.
v.intr.
To experience or undergo bruising: Peaches bruise easily.
n.
1. An injury to underlying tissues or bone in which the skin is not broken, often characterized by ruptured blood vessels and discolorations.
2. A similar injury to plant tissue, often resulting in discoloration or spoilage.
3. A painful feeling caused by or associated with an experience.
[Middle English bruisen, from Old English brȳsan, to crush, and from Old North French bruisier (of Celtic origin).]
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bruise
(bruːz)vb (mainly tr)
1. (Pathology) (also intr) to injure (tissues) without breaking the skin, usually with discoloration, or (of tissues) to be injured in this way
2. to offend or injure (someone's feelings) by an insult, unkindness, etc
3. to damage the surface of (something), as by a blow
4. (Cookery) to crush (food, etc) by pounding or pressing
n
(Pathology) a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration; contusion
[Old English brӯsan, of Celtic origin; compare Irish brūigim I bruise]
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bruise
(bruz)v. bruised, bruis•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin.
2. to injure or hurt slightly, as with an insult or unkind remark.
3. to crush (drugs or food) by beating or pounding.
v.i. 4. to develop or bear a discolored spot on the skin as the result of a blow, fall, etc.
5. to become slightly injured: feelings that bruise easily.
n. 6. an injury due to bruising; contusion.
[before 900; Middle English bro(o)sen, bres(s)en]
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bruise
Past participle: bruised
Gerund: bruising
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| Noun | 1. |  bruise - an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discolorationharm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. ecchymosis - the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise petechia - a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) |
| Verb | 1. | bruise - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee" injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| 2. | bruise - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" affront, diss, insult - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" lacerate - deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks" sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her" | |
| 3. | bruise - break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" crush - break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" | |
| 4. | bruise - damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them" damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
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bruise
noun
1. discoloration, mark, injury, trauma (Pathology), blemish, black mark, contusion, black-and-blue mark How did you get that bruise on your cheek?
verb
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bruise
verbTo make a bruise or bruises on:
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Translations
كدمةكَدْمَةكَدْمَه، رَضّـهيَكْدِمُ، يَرُضُّ
modřinaotlačeninapodlitinapotlouct se
blåt mærkefå et blåt mærke
mustelmasaadahakatakolhiamukiloida
modricamasnica
mar, marbletturmerjast; fá marblett
打撲傷
타박상
gauti mėlynęsumušimassusimušti
dabūt zilumusasistsasitumszilums
modrina
modricaodrgnina
blåmärke
แผลฟกช้ำ
vết thâm tím
bruise
[bruːz]A. N (on person) → cardenal m, moretón m (esp LAm); (on fruit) → maca f, magulladura f
B. VT
2. (fig) [+ feelings] → herir
C. VI I bruise easily → me salen cardenales or moretones con facilidad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bruise
[ˈbruːz] n
(on fruit) → meurtrissure f, talure f
vi
[person] to bruise easily → se faire facilement des bleus
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bruise
n (on person) → blauer Fleck; (more serious) → Prellung f, → Bluterguss m (esp Med); (on fruit) → Druckstelle f
vt person → einen blauen Fleck/blaue Flecke(n) schlagen (+dat) → or beibringen (+dat); (more seriously) → eine Prellung/Prellungen beibringen (+dat); fruit → beschädigen; (fig) person, spirit, feelings → verletzen; to bruise oneself → sich stoßen, sich (dat) → einen blauen Fleck holen; to bruise one’s elbow → sich (dat) → einen blauen Fleck am Ellbogen holen
vi (person, part of body) → einen blauen Fleck/blaue Flecke(n) bekommen; (fruit) → eine Druckstelle/Druckstellen bekommen; (fig, person, feelings) → verletzt werden; he bruises easily → er bekommt leicht blaue Flecken; (fig) → er ist sehr empfindlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bruise
(bruːz) noun an injury caused by a blow to a person or a fruit, turning the skin a dark colour. bruises all over his legs; apples covered in bruises.
verb to cause or develop such a mark on the skin. She bruised her forehead; She bruises easily.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bruise
→ كَدْمَة modřina blåt mærke blauer Fleck μώλωπας magulladura mustelma bleu modrica livido 打撲傷 타박상 kneuzing blåmerke stłuczenie contusão синяк blåmärke แผลฟกช้ำ bere vết thâm tím 擦伤Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bruise
n. magulladura, Lat. Am. magullón, cardenal;
vr. magullarse, hacerse una magulladura, un morado o cardenal.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bruise
n moretón m; stone — (fam) dolor m de la región metatarsal del pie; vt causar or producir moretones; vi salir(le) or hacerse (le) (a uno) moretones; Do you bruise easily?..¿Le salen moretones fácilmente?..Se le hacen moretones fácilmente?English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.