bruise🔊

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; to contuse.

To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.

Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

To become bruised.

To fight with the fists; to box.

(figurative) To harm or injure somebody's feelings or self-esteem.

To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.