Meaning of "bruise" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRUISE

Old English brӯsan, of Celtic origin; compare Irish brūigim I bruise.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BRUISE

bruise  [bruːz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRUISE

Bruise is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bruise in English.

WHAT DOES BRUISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bruise

A bruise, also called a contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue in which capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep, hemorrhage, or extravasate into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Not blanching on pressure, bruises can involve capillaries at the level of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, or bone. Bruises are not to be confused with other lesions primarily known by their diameter. These lesions include petechia, purpura, and ecchymosis, all of which also do not blanch on pressure, and are caused by internal bleeding not associated with trauma. As a type of hematoma, a bruise is always caused by internal bleeding into the interstitial tissues which does not break through the skin, usually initiated by blunt trauma, which causes damage through physical compression and deceleration forces. Trauma sufficient to cause bruising can occur from a wide variety of situations including accidents, falls, and surgeries.

Definition of bruise in the English dictionary

The first definition of bruise in the dictionary is to injure without breaking the skin, usually with discoloration, or to be injured in this way. Other definition of bruise is to offend or injure by an insult, unkindness, etc. Bruise is also to damage the surface of, as by a blow.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BRUISE

PRESENT

Present

I bruise

you bruise

he/she/it bruises

we bruise

you bruise

they bruise

Present continuous

I am bruising

you are bruising

he/she/it is bruising

we are bruising

you are bruising

they are bruising

Present perfect

I have bruised

you have bruised

he/she/it has bruised

we have bruised

you have bruised

they have bruised

Present perfect continuous

I have been bruising

you have been bruising

he/she/it has been bruising

we have been bruising

you have been bruising

they have been bruising

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bruised

you bruised

he/she/it bruised

we bruised

you bruised

they bruised

Past continuous

I was bruising

you were bruising

he/she/it was bruising

we were bruising

you were bruising

they were bruising

Past perfect

I had bruised

you had bruised

he/she/it had bruised

we had bruised

you had bruised

they had bruised

Past perfect continuous

I had been bruising

you had been bruising

he/she/it had been bruising

we had been bruising

you had been bruising

they had been bruising

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bruise

you will bruise

he/she/it will bruise

we will bruise

you will bruise

they will bruise

Future continuous

I will be bruising

you will be bruising

he/she/it will be bruising

we will be bruising

you will be bruising

they will be bruising

Future perfect

I will have bruised

you will have bruised

he/she/it will have bruised

we will have bruised

you will have bruised

they will have bruised

Future perfect continuous

I will have been bruising

you will have been bruising

he/she/it will have been bruising

we will have been bruising

you will have been bruising

they will have been bruising

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bruise

you would bruise

he/she/it would bruise

we would bruise

you would bruise

they would bruise

Conditional continuous

I would be bruising

you would be bruising

he/she/it would be bruising

we would be bruising

you would be bruising

they would be bruising

Conditional perfect

I would have bruise

you would have bruise

he/she/it would have bruise

we would have bruise

you would have bruise

they would have bruise

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been bruising

you would have been bruising

he/she/it would have been bruising

we would have been bruising

you would have been bruising

they would have been bruising

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bruise
we let´s bruise
you bruise

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bruise

Past participle

bruised

Present Participle

bruising

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BRUISE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bruise» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of bruise

black mark · blacken · blemish · contuse · contusion · damage · discoloration · discolour · displease · grieve · hurt · injure · injury · insult · mar · mark · offend · pain · pique · rile · slight · sting · trauma · wound

TRANSLATION OF BRUISE

Find out the translation of bruise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bruise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bruise» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 擦伤
• Translator English - Spanish: magulladura
• English: bruise
• Translator English - Hindi: खरोंच
• Translator English - Arabic: كَدْمَة
• Translator English - Russian: синяк
• Translator English - Portuguese: contusão
• Translator English - Bengali: কালশিটে দাগ
• Translator English - French: bleu
• Translator English - Malay: Lebam
• Translator English - German: blauer Fleck
• Translator English - Japanese: 打撲傷
• Translator English - Korean: 타박상
• Translator English - Javanese: Bruise
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vết thâm tím
• Translator English - Tamil: காயத்தையும்
• Translator English - Marathi: जखम
• Translator English - Turkish: çürük
• Translator English - Italian: livido
• Translator English - Polish: stłuczenie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: синяк
• Translator English - Romanian: vânătaie
• Translator English - Greek: μώλωπας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vermorsel
• Translator English - Swedish: blåmärke
• Translator English - Norwegian: blåmerke

10 QUOTES WITH «BRUISE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bruise.

1

Anne Bradstreet

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

2

Lauren Cohan

For some reason, I bruise like a peach. I don't have enough vitamin C, I think.

3

Mariella Frostrup

Often, those who bruise easily spend too much time thinking about themselves. I'd go so far as to say that oversensitivity is a privilege of the underoccupied. The majority of people don't have the time to lavish care on emotional wounds - they're too busy getting on with living.

4

Jasmine Guinness

Arnica is great. I got kicked in the stomach by a horse once, and some adult slapped arnica all over it, and I had no bruise at all to show for my pain.

5

Molly Harper

I am a disaster magnet. I came home from our first anniversary vacation with jellyfish stings, a puncture wound from a wrought iron pineapple and a cork-shaped bruise in my cleavage.

6

Katherine Heigl

I'm the most uncoordinated clumsy, klutzy person. I always had a bruise, I always tripped and fell.

7

Emile Hirsch

I had the misfortune of getting what skateboarders call hippers. It's when you fall on your hip again and again and again, just the same spot. It turns into like a blue purple bruise and it's just torture because I had to keep on doing the same move, going around in the pool again.

8

Leonard Nimoy

You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.

9

Mo Rocca

I bruise like a grape.

10

Vidal Sassoon

I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me, 'Good God, Vidal, what happened to your face?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing, madam, I just fell over a hairpin.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRUISE»

Discover the use of bruise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bruise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Heart-Shaped Bruise

Awaiting trial at Archway Young Offenders Institution, Emily Koll is going to tell her side of the story for the first time.

Tanya Byrne, 2012

You're OK, It's Just A Bruise: A Doctor's Sideline Secrets ...

The author, former team physician for the Los Angeles Raiders, offers a behind-the-scenes look at professional football.

Rob Huizenga, 1995

The Bruise

A young woman living in a dormitory on an American university is bruised in a strange encounter with an angel and must decide whether the event was real or imagined--a task she accomplishes through writing.

Magdalena Zurawski, 2008

Bruise Theory: Poems

Chosen by renowned poet Carolyn Forche as a finalist in the 1993 AWP Series in Poetry, Bruise Theory is Natalie Kenvin's debut poetry collection.

Natalie Kenvin, 1995

The Apple's Bruise: Stories

The stories in The Apple's Bruise take a smart and unflinching look at love, frailty, and happiness and prove beyond doubt that Glatt is a modern master at blending heartbreak and hilarity.

Lisa Glatt, 2008

Forensic Pathology, Second Edition

Absence of a bruise, just as absence of an abrasion, does not indicate that there was no blunt force to that area. This is especially true of the anterior abdominal wall, where there may be massive internal injury in the absence of external ...

Dominick DiMaio, Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D., 2001

American Bruise

L. Ward Abel. Fifty Crazy East Wing September Tunnel Sunday, After the Snow We Along the River Road Somewhere And Long Live That Dream 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Leaves Coming to rest, an American bruise, Walt Whitman was.

L. Ward Abel, 2012

Textbook Of Forensic Medicine And Toxicology: Principles And ...

Peculiarities of the Victim • Children bruise more rapidly than adults because of softer tissues and delicate skin. • Old persons too bruise easily owing to loss of flesh and accompanying cardiovascular changes. • Chronic alcoholics bruise ...

Vij, 2008

Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes in the Western ...

Tubers are susceptible to shatter bruise when their temperature is low, 45° to 50° F (7.2° to 10.0°C); tubers with higher water content are more susceptible. " Thumbnail cracks" are shallow, curved cracks in the tuber surface that are caused by ...

LARRY STRAND, 2006

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

But deep stab wounds, bruise or lacerated wounds are unlikely to be fabricated) over accessible parts of the body when self-inflicted or anywhere on the body when caused with the help of the others (Fabricated), to bring false charge against ...

R.N. Karmakar

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRUISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bruise is used in the context of the following news items.

The return of childish things: cafes that specialise in toast and cereal …

... your cereal in the bowl for too long and the milk would take on the flavour of the cereal and the colouring would taint the milk like a bruise? «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Tour de France: Injuries galore from stage 3 crashes

To go on the cobblestone tomorrow with a rib bruise, of course, is anything but pleasant. The bad luck of the last days of course gives the riders ... «Cyclingnews.com, Jul 15»

Carlton set to welcome back key players for game against Richmond

"But [there is] certainly no damage to his knee, just a strike to the knee so he's got a bit of a bruise and is a little bit sore so he'll be a test and I'm ... «The Age, Jul 15»

Video shows Florida State quarterback De'Andre Johnson punching …

Johnson allegedly hit the woman hard above her left eye, where she reportedly still had a bruise when she met with prosecutors last Tuesday. «Salon, Jul 15»

UFC 189: Chad Mendes vs. Conor McGregor; Aldo Cant Fight Due …

UFC executives released an official statement that the champ "suffered a bone bruise to his rib and cartilage injury during training" after they ... «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»

Jordan Campbell: Murder accused "wolf in sheep's clothing" says …

Two aggressive men, one of them over 20 stone, were landing blows and he does not suffer so much as a bruise.” Mr Cummings said the ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»

Ramornie Handicap 2015: Thump fresh and raring to go in feature …

Thump was due to run in last month's Group 1 Tatt's Tiara but a stone bruise forced her withdrawal on race morning. It's left the daughter of Red ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»

Survivor tells court of horror crash which killed Newport teen Xana …

Later, she said she thought she had sustained a large bruise on her leg by either one or both of the men clambering over her to get out the car because they ... «South Wales Argus, Jul 15»

Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat targeting Jamal Crawford via trade

Crawford, 35, missed 17 games last season due to a right calf bruise. He will be entering the final year of his deal that pays him $5.7 million. «cleveland.com, Jul 15»

Nick Gordon's 'intense mood swings'

When something had just happened or show me a bruise. He was known to choke her, definitely. Throw her into walls. Punch her in the jaw. «TV3.ie, Jul 15»