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bruise | x |
To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
To become bruised.
To fight with the fists; to box.
* Thackeray
(medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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As a verb bruise
is to strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.As a noun bruise
is (medicine) a purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.bruise
English
(wikipedia bruise)Alternative forms
* bruize (obsolete)Verb
(bruis)- Bananas bruise easily.
- I bruise easily.
- Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom.