Definizione monolingua

bruise

bruise (third-person singular simple present bruises, present participle bruising, simple past and past participle bruised)

1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
3. (intransitive) Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

   Bananas bruise easily.

4. (intransitive, medicine) To bruise easily.

   I bruise easily.

bruise (plural bruises)

1. (medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
2. A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.

Definizione dizionario bruise

	contusione
	Injury to biological tissue, generally caused by an impact, in which the capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding tissue.

	livido
	medical: mark on the skin

	ematoma
	A collection of blood in the body tissue outside the blood vessels

acciaccatura

ammaccare

ammaccatura

ecchimosi

farsi un livido

frantumare

graffiatura

graffio

macinare

Altri significati:

(intransitive) Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

cause fruit to bruise

(intransitive, medicine) To bruise easily.

mark on fruit

(transitive) 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.

To injure, esp. without breaking the skin.

strike (a person), giving them a bruise

(transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.

A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.

bruise (internal)

(medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

of fruit, to gain bruises

medical: to get bruised