bruise
bruise is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.
- transitive verb. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
- intransitive verb. To fight with the fists; to box.
- noun. An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.
- noun. an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
- verb. damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
"The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
- verb. break up into small pieces for food preparation
"bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
- verb. injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
"I bruised my knee"
- verb. hurt the feelings of
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
"This remark really bruised my ego"
Synonyms
contusion, contuse, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bruise:
Common word forms
bruised, bruiser, bruises, bruising
Words from these letters
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