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Word: bruise
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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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