vi to fight with the fists; to box.
2. bruise ·vt to break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, ·etc.; to crush.
3. bruise ·noun an injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, ·etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.
4. bruise ·vt to injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.