bruise
- Verb. (transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
- Verb. (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
- Verb. (intransitive) Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
- Verb. (intransitive, medicine) To bruise easily.
- Noun. (medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
- Noun. A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.
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