1. An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discolouration
   "She had a large bruise on her knee from falling off her bike";
   - contusion

1. Cause a bruise or injury that discolours the skin without breaking it
   "I bruised my knee";
   - contuse [technical]
    
2. Cause (somebody) emotional pain or offence
   "This remark really bruised my ego";
   - hurt, wound, injure, offend, spite
    
3. Damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
   "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
    
4. (cooking) break up into small pieces for food preparation
   "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"

Sounds like: brews

Derived forms: bruised, bruising, bruises

Type of: arouse, crush, damage, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, harm, hurt, injure, injury, kindle, provoke, raise, trauma, wound

Encyclopedia: Bruise