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Meaning of 'bruise'
Meaning of 'bruise' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Bruise 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]2. Bruise [ v. i.]
- To fight with the fists; to box. [ v. i.]3. Bruise [ v. t.]
- 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. [ v. t.]- To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
Meaning of 'bruise' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. bruise [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- break up into small pieces for food preparation
- break up into small pieces for food preparation
Example in sentence:
- bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them
Meaning (2):
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
Example in sentence:
- I bruised my knee
Meaning (3):
- hurt the feelings of
- hurt the feelings of
Example in sentence:
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests;
- This remark really bruised my ego
Meaning (4):
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
Example in sentence:
- The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them
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