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Noun bruise has 1 sense
bruise, contusion - an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration--1 is a kind of injury, hurt, harm, trauma
 --1 has particulars: ecchymosis; petechia; shiner, black eye
 
 
Verb bruise has 4 senses
bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"--1 is one way to injure, wound
 Sample sentence:
 Did he bruise his foot?
 
hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"--2 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
 Sample sentences:
 Somebody ----s somebody
 Something ----s somebody
 
bruise - break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"--3 is one way to crush
 Sample sentences:
 Somebody ----s something
 Something ----s something
 
 bruise - damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"--4 is one way to damage
 Sample sentences:
 Somebody ----s something
 Something ----s something
 
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