bruise
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
Types & categories
- harm hypernym
- ecchymosis hyponym
- petechia hyponym
- shiner hyponym
Related & opposite
- bruise derivation
Sense 2 verb
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
I bruised my knee
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
hurt the feelings of
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- offense derivation
- cattiness derivation
- malice derivation
- dysphemistic derivation
- offensive derivation
Sense 4 verb
break up into small pieces for food preparation
bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them
Types & categories
- crush hypernym
Related & opposite
- cooking domain topic
Sense 5 verb
damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them
Types & categories
- damage hypernym
Related & opposite
- plant life domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bruise |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | harm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ecchymosis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | petechia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shiner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contusion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bruiser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contusion |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wound |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jam |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | offense |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cattiness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | malice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dysphemistic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | insult |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lacerate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chagrin |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | crush |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | plant life |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | damage |