Pound++bruise

  • 1Pound — Pound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pounding}.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. {Pun} a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. [1913 Webster] With cruel blows she pounds her… …

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  • 2Bruise — (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bruised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bruising}.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br?san or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochis[=o]n. Cf. {Break}, v. t.] 1. To injure, as by… …

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  • 3bruise — [n] black and blue mark under skin black eye, black mark, blemish, boo boo*, contusion, discoloration, injury, mark, mouse*, swelling, wale, wound; concept 309 bruise [v] break blood vessel; discolor bang up, batter, beat, black, blacken, blemish …

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  • 4bruise — [bro͞oz] vt. bruised, bruising [ME bruisen < OE brysan, to crush, pound < IE base * bhreus , to smash, crush; ME form & meaning infl. by OFr bruisier, to break, shatter < Gaul * brus < same IE base] 1. to injure (body tissue), as by a …

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  • 5pound — [n] sixteen ounces/.454 kilograms of weight avoirdupois, pint, troy; concept 795 pound [v1] crush; beat rhythmically batter, belabor, bruise, buffet, clobber, comminute, drub, hammer, hit, malleate, palpitate, pelt, pestle, powder, pulsate, pulse …

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  • 6bruise — {{11}}bruise (n.) 1540s, from BRUISE (Cf. bruise) (v.). {{12}}bruise (v.) O.E. brysan to crush, bruise, pound, from P.Gmc. *brusjanan, from PIE root *bhreus to smash, crush (Cf. O.Ir. bronnaim I wrong, I hurt; Bret. brezel war, V.L. brisare to… …

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  • 7pound — Synonyms and related words: Deutschmark, Mark, Reichsmark, abrade, ache, afghani, agonize, ail, ambush, anguish, anna, assail, assault, atomize, attack, baht, bang, barrage, bash, baste, bat, batter, bawbee, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo,… …

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  • 8pound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. beat, thump, drum, bruise, tenderize; crush, pulverize. See powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Measure of weight] Syn. sixteen ounces, Troy pound, avoirdupois pound, commercial pound, pint; see also… …

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  • 9bruise — noun an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels. ↘a similar area of damage on a fruit, vegetable, or plant. verb 1》 inflict a bruise on.     ↘be susceptible to… …

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  • 10bruise — n. & v. n. 1 an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on a human or animal body, caused by a blow or impact. 2 a similar area of damage on a fruit etc. v. 1 tr. a inflict a bruise on. b hurt mentally. 2 intr. be susceptible to bruising …

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