bruises
Meaning of bruises
plural noun
- an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels.
his body was a mass of bruises after he had been attacked
- inflict a bruise or bruises on (a part of the body).
I fell and bruised my knee
- crush or pound (food).
add the beans, tomatoes, and lime wedges and roughly bruise with the pestle
Old English brȳsan ‘crush or injure with a blow’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French bruisier ‘break’.
Information about bruises
- The singular form of bruises is: bruise.
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Hyphenation of bruises
bruises
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- bruises is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bruises synonyms
Meaning a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise:
Meaning a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumour:
Meaning a small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt:
Meaning an instance of being injured:
Meaning make or become black or dark, especially as a result of burning, decay, or bruising:
Meaning an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape:
Meaning a light blow or a jolting collision:
Meaning a leather rim sewn round the edge of a shoe upper to which the sole is attached:
Meaning a thing that shines or reflects light:
Meaning a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused by bruising:
Meaning physical injury:
Meaning injure (a part of the body) without breaking the skin, forming a bruise:
Meaning do physical harm or damage to (someone):
Meaning cause pain or injury to:
Meaning spoil the appearance or quality of (something):
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function):
Meaning impair the quality or appearance of; spoil:
Anagrams of bruises
Words that rhyme with bruises
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