meaning of bruises

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.


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