Defenition of the word bruise
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Defenition of the word bruise
- A collection of blood in the body tissue outside the blood vessels
- Injury to biological tissue, generally caused by an impact, in which the capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding tissue.
- To injure, esp. without breaking the skin.
- injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"
- an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
- an injury that doesn''t break the skin but results in some discoloration
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
- break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
- hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
- break up into small pieces for food preparation
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- hurt the feelings of
Synonyms for the word bruise
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- bash
- black eye
- bump
- contuse
- contusion
- damage
- discoloration
- hurt
- injure
- mark
- offend
- shiner
- spite
- wound
Similar words in the bruise
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- bruise
- bruised
- bruiser
- bruiser's
- bruisers
- bruises
Hyponyms for the word bruise
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- abase
- affront
- black eye
- chagrin
- crush
- diss
- ecchymosis
- humble
- humiliate
- insult
- jam
- lacerate
- mortify
- mouse
- petechia
- shiner
- sting
Hypernyms for the word bruise
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- arouse
- crush
- damage
- elicit
- enkindle
- evoke
- fire
- harm
- hurt
- injure
- injury
- kindle
- provoke
- raise
- trauma
- wound
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