Bruise Definition
bruise
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English
Etymology
From Middle English bruisen (“to bruise”), from Old English brȳsan (“to crush, bruise, pound”), from Proto-Germanic *brūsianan (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrous- (“to break, crumble”). Cogante with Old English brosnian (“to crumble, fall apart”), Dutch broos (“brittle”), German Brosame (“crumb”), Norwegian dialectal brøysk (“breakable”), Old French bruisier (“to break, shatter”) from the same Germanic source.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: bro͞oz, IPA: /bɹuːz/, SAMPA: /bru:z/
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: brews
- Rhymes: -uːz
Verb
to bruise (third-person singular simple present bruises, present participle bruising, simple past and past participle bruised)
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
- (intransitive) Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
- Bananas bruise easily.
- (intransitive, medicine) To bruise easily.
- I bruise easily.
Derived terms
Noun
bruise (plural bruises)
- (medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
- A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.
Synonyms
- (medical): ecchymosis, contusion (technical term)
- See also Wikisaurus:injury
Translations
medical: mark on the skin
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