bruise
Noun
-
is a type of: harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.subtypes:
- ecchymosis - the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
- petechia - a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)
- black eye, mouse, shiner - a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
same as: contusion
Verb
-
same as: contuse
-
is a type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)subtypes:
-
referred to in: cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heatis a type of: crush - break into small pieces
-
referred to in: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotionis a type of: damage - inflict damage upon
Found on Word Lists
Other Searches
- Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
- Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
- Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing