bruise
/bɹuz/ verb B2- 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 contuse.
- 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.
- To harm or injure somebody's feelings or self-esteem. · Her thoughtless remarks bruised my ego.· I was bruised by such wanton criticism.
- To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
He/she/it bruises · Past bruised · Past participle bruised · -ing form bruising
Verb forms
- Base form
- bruise
- He/she/it
- bruises
- Past
- bruised
- Past participle
- bruised
- -ing form
- bruising
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See how he has treated me!” She shot her arms out from her sleeves, and we saw with horror that they were all mottled with bruises.
A FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force of the current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long time very much bruised, sick, and unable to move.
The Ass listened to his words, and falling into a ditch, was very much bruised.
While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: “Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?”
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