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Word: Bruise
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English brȳsan ‘crush or injure with a blow’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French bruisier ‘break’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
bruːz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels
Short Definition:area of discoloured skin
Examples:- his body was a mass of bruises after he had been attacked
Word: Bruise
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
bruːz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
inflict a bruise or bruises on (a part of the body)
Short Definition:cause bruise on
Examples:- I fell and bruised my knee
Definition:
crush or pound (food)
Short Definition:crush or pound food
Examples:- add the beans, tomatoes, and lime wedges and roughly bruise with the pestle
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