| VERB | contact | bruise, contuse | injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | bruise, hurt, wound, injure, offend, spite | hurt the feelings of | |
| change | bruise | break up into small pieces for food preparation | |
| change | bruise | damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure | |
| NOUN | state | bruise, contusion | an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration |
| Sounds | bruw'z | |
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| Rhymes | abuse ... values: 47 rhymes with uwz... | |
| Meaning | An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | contusion | |
| Narrower | ecchymosis | The purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise |
| petechia | A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) | |
| shiner, black eye, mouse | A swollen bruise caused by a blow / blow to the eye | |
| Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
| Spanish | cardenal, contusión, golpe, hematoma, magulladura, morado, moratón, moretón | |
| Catalan | blau, blaverol, contusió, cop, hematoma, morat | |
| Verbs | bruise | injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of |
| Meaning | injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Did he bruise his foot? | |
| Example | "I bruised my knee" | |
| Synonym | contuse | |
| Narrower | jam, crush | crush or bruise |
| Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| Spanish | golpearse, lastimarse, machucarse, magullarse | |
| Catalan | colpejar-se, fer-se mal, fer-se un blau, maçolar-se | |
| Nouns | bruise | an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration |
| bruiser | a large and strong and heavyset man | |
| Meaning | hurt the feelings of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "This remark really bruised my ego" | |
| Synonyms | hurt, wound, injure, offend, spite | |
| Narrower | diss, insult, affront | treat, mention, or speak to rudely |
| humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase | Cause to feel shame | |
| lacerate | Deeply hurt the feelings of | |
| sting | Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| Spanish | dañar, herir, insultar, lastimar, lesionar, ofender | |
| Catalan | danyar, ferir, fer mal, insultar, lesionar, nafrar, ofendre | |
| Meaning | Break up into small pieces for food preparation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them" | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Broader | crush | break into small pieces |
| Meaning | damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them" | |
| Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
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