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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
Synonyms
Examples for "bruising"
Examples for "bruising"
1
In particular, 2017 has been a bruising year for South Africa's economy.
The South African
2
The bank has had a bruising time with investors in recent years.
Reuters
3
Chris Stephen, in Moscow, reports on a bruising year for Vladimir Putin.
The Irish Times
4
The rapid changes in the commodities market have been bruising for some.
Reuters
5
There were a lot bruising moments for the feminist movement this year.
Feminist dot com
1
The Mavericks held out rookie Luka Doncic with a right thigh contusion.
Reuters
2
G Kent Bazemore missed his fifth game with a right knee contusion.
Reuters
3
However, contusion and cortical volumes did not differ between KO and WT.
Pubmed
4
She has a large contusion on the left temple above her hairline.
Down river
5
The Hornets played without center Cody Zeller, who has a hip contusion.
Reuters
1
There was also suffusion and ecchymosis about the neck and shoulder.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
2
Some of the patients, he says, suffered from ecchymosis and contusions.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin...
3
The sub-conjunctival ecchymosis, however, persists for several weeks and disappears like other extravasations.
Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
4
Obvious increase in girth, fulness of the intercostal spaces, or gravitation ecchymosis was rare.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
5
There were no treatment-related complications other than minimal breast ecchymosis.
Pubmed
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