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Noun bruise has 1 sense
- bruise, contusion - an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
--1 is a kind of injury, hurt, harm, trauma
--1 has particulars: ecchymosis; petechia; shiner, black eye
Verb bruise has 4 senses
- bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"
--1 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentence:
Did he bruise his foot?
- hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
--2 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- bruise - break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
--3 is one way to crush
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- bruise - damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
--4 is one way to damage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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