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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bruised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bruising}.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br?san or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochis[=o]n. Cf. {Break}, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. --Shak.
Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bruise \Bruise\, verb (used without an object) To fight with the fists; to box.
Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. --Thackeray.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bruise \Bruise\, noun 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.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. --Isa. i. 6.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bruise
noun: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration [syn: {contusion}]
verb
1: injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee" [syn: {contuse}]
2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego" [syn: {hurt}, {wound}, {injure}, {offend}, {spite}]
3: break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
4: damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "bruise": abrasion, abuse, aggrieve, anguish, barb the dart, bash, batter, beat, beat up, black, black eye, black-and-blue mark, blemish, blotch, boo-boo, buffet, bump, bung, bung up, contuse, contusion, cut, cut up, damage, discolor, discoloration, discolorment, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, ecchymosis, grieve, harm, hurt, hurt the feelings, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, injury, knock about, maltreat, manhandle, mark, mash, maul, mishandle, mistreat, molest, mouse, outrage, pain, pierce, pound, prick, pulp, rough, rough up, savage, scrape, scratch, shiner, spot, squash, stab, sting, thrash soundly, twist the knife, welt, wound
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