bruise
Meaning of bruise
noun
- 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 or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.
- 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 or vegetables), in an analogous way.
- Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
Bananas bruise easily.
- To become bruised.
I bruise easily.
- To fight with the fists; to box.
Information about bruise
- The plural form of bruise is: bruises.
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Hyphenation of bruise
bruise
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- bruise is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bruise synonyms
Meaning contusion:
Meaning contuse:
Meaning hurt:
hurt, wound, injure, offend, spite
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Translation of bruise
- French: hématome, ecchymose, contusion, meurtrir
- Spanish: hematoma, contusión, magullar
- German: Hämatom, Prellung, prellen
- Italian: ematoma, contusione, ecchimosi
- Portuguese: hematoma
Anagrams of bruise
buries, busier, rubies, uberis
Words that rhyme with bruise
Guise, disguise, guise, misguise, otherguise, predisguise, undisguise, juise, Luise, Louise, louise, marquise, antiquise, Cruise, cruise, debruise, forbruise
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