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bruisebruise2 ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYbruise2Origin: Old English brysan to press so as to break, bruise, later influenced by Old French brisier, bruisier to break VERB TABLEbruise |
| Present | I, you, we, they | bruise | | he, she, it | bruises | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bruised | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bruised | | he, she, it | has bruised | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bruised | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bruise | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bruised |
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| Present | I | am bruising | | he, she, it | is bruising | | you, we, they | are bruising | | Past | I, he, she, it | was bruising | | you, we, they | were bruising | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bruising | | he, she, it | has been bruising | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bruising | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bruising | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bruising |
► bruise somebody’s pride/ego Not getting the promotion really bruised his ego. THESAURUSinjure somebody► hurt to damage your body or someone else’s body: Was anyone hurt in the accident? Be careful, you could hurt someone with that knife. ► harm harm means the same as hurt but sounds more formal: No animals were harmed in the making of this film. ► injure to hurt severely, especially in an accident: Three people were seriously injured in the crash. ► wound to hurt someone using a weapon such as a gun or knife: The gunman killed two people and wounded six others. ► maim formal to injure someone very seriously and often permanently: People are killed or maimed every day in the war. ► bruise to hit part of your body against something hard so that you get a dark spot on your skin: How did you bruise your hand like that? ► sprain/twist to damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it: I sprained my ankle, so I don’t want to put any weight on it. ► strain/pull to injure one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much: He pulled his calf muscle while he was running. ► break to damage a bone in your body: Dora broke her leg skiing. ► dislocate to move a bone out of its normal position in a joint: The force of the fall dislocated his shoulder. 1medicine if part of your body bruises, or if you bruise it, a bruise appears because it has been hit: Payton bruised his hip ten minutes into the game.► see thesaurus at hurt12if a piece of fruit bruises, or if it is bruised, a bruise appears because it has been hit or dropped3if an experience bruises someone, he or she feels upset, unhappy, and less confident after it happens: bruise somebody’s pride/ego Not getting the promotion really bruised his ego. [Origin: Old English brysan to press so as to break, bruise, later influenced by Old French brisier, bruisier to break]—bruised adjective |