Another word for bruise
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Verb
To make a bruise or bruises on
- To injure without breaking the skin; bruise.
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Another word for bruise
Noun
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- A bruising or being bruised
- An injury in which the skin is not broken; a bruise.
- A discoloring or being discolored
- A discolored spot; a stain.
- The condition of being discolored.
- The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.
- A scraping or rubbing off, as of skin
- A scraped area on the skin or on a mucous membrane, resulting from injury or irritation.
- An injury to a plant caused by cutting, scraping, or other external force
- An injury to the feelings.
- An injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced, torn, etc.
- The state of being swollen.
- Something swollen, especially an abnormally swollen body part or area.
- An increasing or being increased in size, volume, etc.
- A similar swelling on a plant.
- A raised patch of skin, specif. of epidermis, filled with watery matter and caused by a burn, frostbite, rubbing, etc.
- A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid and is caused by burning or irritation.
- A bruised discoloration of the flesh surrounding the eye, often resulting from a blow.
- A discoloration of the skin or flesh surrounding an eye, resulting from a sharp blow or contusion
- (Informal) Shame or dishonor, or a cause or source of this
- (Slang) A black eye:
- Any of various other small silvery fishes.
- Any of numerous small, often silvery North American freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, especially one of the genus Notropis.
- A black-and-blue or yellowish mark caused by this
- The passage of blood from ruptured blood vessels into subcutaneous tissue, marked by a purple discoloration of the skin.
- A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage and often seen in typhus.
Verb
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- To injure without breaking the skin; bruise.
- To fall in torrents:
- To shape or break by repeated blows; forge:
- To emit sound when struck:
- To cause physical harm to; hurt:
- To cause distress to; wound:
- To offend (one's feelings, pride, etc.); wound
- To inflict a wound or wounds (on or upon); hurt; injure
- To inflict wounds or a wound:
- To inflict wounds or a wound on.
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