BRUISE
\bɹˈuːz], \bɹˈuːz], \b_ɹ_ˈuː_z]\
Definitions of BRUISE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
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break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
By Princeton University
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damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
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break up into small pieces, as in food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
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To fight with the fists; to box.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
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To fight with the fists; to box.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An injury to the flesh of an animal, plant, etc., caused by a blow, but not breaking the skin.
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To injure, crush, or indent by a blow or pressure; to crush by beating or pounding.
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To fight with the flots; box.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To batter; dent; inflict a bruise or bruises; contuse; crush.
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A surface injury caused by violent contact; contusion.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A hurt with a blunt or heavy instrument; a contusion.
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To crush by beating, pounding, or squeezing; to injure by a blow, fall, or squeeze; to contuse.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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An injury on the flesh by its being crushed with a heavy or blunt substance; a contusion.
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To crush or hurt by pressure; to pound or reduce to coarse powder, as minerals or grain.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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