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Meanings of bruise in English

Russian
ушиб
Portuguese
contusões
Spanish
golpe
Catalan
blau
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Injury to biological tissue, generally caused by an impact, in which the capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding tissue.

        ушиб
        Portuguese
        ofender
        Catalan
        ferir
        Spanish
        ofender

        Hurt the feelings of.

              ofender
              Portuguese
              machudar
              Catalan
              fer-se un blau

              To injure, esp. without breaking the skin.

                    machudar
                    Usage of bruise in English
                    1
                    Weeks into the new year, I'd have a purple bruise dated 1884.
                    Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
                    2
                    Even in this light, I can see a bruise beginning to form.
                    World After
                    3
                    Do not bruise the seeds, as the virtue resides in the covering.
                    Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
                    4
                    I think it's just a bruise, and there's probably nothing wrong inside.
                    Man on the run
                    5
                    Perhaps the bruise on his foot was more troublesome than first thought.
                    The Guardian
                    6
                    I think he may have a good bruise to show for it.
                    The Land of Painted Caves
                    7
                    Be careful not to bruise the bark in any of these operations.
                    Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
                    8
                    And other of these insects he should take and bruise in water.
                    The Mabinogion
                    9
                    Break it down and you bruise and jeopardise the flower of life.
                    The History of David Grieve
                    10
                    Fellow starter Kent Bazemore remains sidelined with a right knee bone bruise.
                    Reuters
                    11
                    He flung his weight against it enough times to bruise his shoulder.
                    Boneshaker
                    12
                    Maybe five inches long, the bruise appeared as a series of dashes.
                    Bones of the Lost
                    13
                    But the effect remained as a kind of bruise below the surface.
                    None Other Gods
                    14
                    They don't so much talk to each other as bruise each other.
                    The new yorker
                    15
                    I started finding small marks on her skin: scratches, sometimes a bruise.
                    The book of murder
                    16
                    S Jamal Carter suffered a shoulder bruise against the Colts on Sunday.
                    Reuters
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                    Translations for bruise
                    Russian
                    ушиб
                    Bruise through the time
                    Bruise across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common