Definition:
- (v. t.) To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.
- (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
- (v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.
- (n.) An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.
Compare bruise with other words:
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braise vs. bruise
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blister vs. bruise
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bruise vs. bump
bruise vs. scratch
affliction vs. bruise
bruise vs. forbruise
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biliverdin vs. bruise
bruise vs. gnide
bruise vs. lividity
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bruise vs. hypostasis
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bruise vs. injury
bruise vs. bulge
bruise vs. concussion
bruise vs. hematoma
bruise vs. scrub
bruise vs. scar
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bruise vs. cut
bruise vs. contuse
brit vs. bruise
bruise vs. wem
bruise vs. hickey
breach vs. bruise
bruise vs. gambeson
bruise vs. contusion
bruise vs. ecchymosis
bruise vs. fruit
blow vs. bruise
blood vs. bruise
bruise vs. leakage
bruise vs. mark
bruise vs. purplish
bruise vs. bruising
bruise vs. bruiser
box vs. bruise
bruise vs. fist
bruise vs. fight
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batter vs. bruise
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brake vs. bruise
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