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Word: bruise (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.
  • medicine A capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

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Verb:

  • medicine To bruise easily.
  • intransitive Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
  • transitive To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
  • 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.

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