Bruise

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. Isa. i. 6.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. 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.

2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. Shak.

Synonyms: pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray.