meaning of bruise
1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise ones finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.
2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc. ; to crush.
3. To fight with the fists; to box.
4. 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.
Related Words
bruise | bruised | bruiser | bruisewort |
