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| bruise | |
| 1. v. To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it. |  |
| 2. v. To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly. | |
| Bananas bruise easily. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To become bruised. | |
| I bruise easily. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box. | |
| 6. n. (medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow. | |
| 7. n. A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface. | |
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