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English to English noun
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an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of | | Example: I bruised my knee
source: wordnet30
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hurt the feelings of | | Example: She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
This remark really bruised my ego
source: wordnet30
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break up into small pieces for food preparation | | Example: bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them
source: wordnet30
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damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure | | Example: The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To fight with the fists; to box. | | source: webster1913
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