transcription, транскрипция: [ bru:z ]
( bruises, bruising, bruised)
1.
A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
How did you get that bruise on your cheek?...
She was treated for cuts and bruises.
N-COUNT
2.
If you bruise a part of your body, a bruise appears on it, for example because something hits you. If you bruise easily, bruises appear when something hits you only slightly.
I had only bruised my knee...
Some people bruise more easily than others.
VERB : V n , V adv
• bruised
I escaped with severely bruised legs.
ADJ
3.
If a fruit, vegetable, or plant bruises or is bruised , it is damaged by being handled roughly, making a mark on the skin.
Choose a warm, dry day to cut them off the plants, being careful not to bruise them.
...bruised tomatoes and cucumbers...
Be sure to store them carefully as they bruise easily.
VERB : V n , V-ed , V adv , also V
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Bruise is also a noun.
...bruises on the fruit’s skin.
N-COUNT
4.
If you are bruised by an unpleasant experience, it makes you feel unhappy or upset.
The government will be severely bruised by yesterday’s events...
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
• bruis‧ing
...the bruising experience of near-bankruptcy.
ADJ : usu ADJ n