bruise /brooz/

1. To crush by beating or pounding without breaking the surface
2. To pound
3. To pulverize by pounding
4. To mark and discolour part of the surface of (eg the skin of a person, fruit, etc)
5. To hurt by unkind words

1. To be marked with bruising
2. To be injured physically or in feelings
3. To ride recklessly along (hunting sl)

1. An injury with discoloration of the human skin made by anything blunt and heavy
2. A similar injury to fruit or plants

bruisˈer noun

1. A person or thing that bruises
2. A prize-fighter, or a big, strong, aggressive person generally (informal)

bruisˈing noun and adjective

• saloon-keeper
• sorbed
• sorbefacient
• sorbent
• sorbents
• sorbet
• sorbets
• Sorbian
• sorbic acid
• sorbing
• Sorbish
• sorbite
• sorbites
• sorbitic
• sorbitisation
• sorbitisations
• sorbitise
• sorbitised
• sorbitises
• sorbitising
• sorbitization
• sorbitizations
• sorbitize
• sorbitized
• sorbitizes