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bruise
English
Alternative forms
- bruize (obsolete)
- brise (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English bruisen, brusen, brosen, brisen, bresen, from a merger two words, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?rews- (“to break”):
- Old English br?san, br?esan (“to bruise; crush”), from Proto-Germanic *brausijan?, *br?sijan? (“to break; crumble; crack”). Provided the word's sense.
- Anglo-Norman bruiser, bruser (“to break, smash, shatter”), from Gaulish *brus-, from Proto-Celtic *bruseti (“to break”). Provided the word's form.
Cognate with Scots brizz, German brausen (“to roar; boom; pound”), Old English brosnian (“to crumble, fall apart”), Dutch broos (“brittle”), German Brosame (“crumb”), dialectal Norwegian brøysk (“breakable”), Latin frustum (“bit, scrap”), Old Church Slavonic ???????? (br?snuti, “to rake”), Albanian breshër (“hail”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: bro?oz, IPA(key): /b?u?z/
- Homophone: brews
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
bruise (third-person singular simple present bruises, present participle bruising, simple past and past participle bruised)
- (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.
- (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
- (intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
- Bananas bruise easily.
- (intransitive) To become bruised.
- I bruise easily.
- (intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
- Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom.
- (transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
Derived terms
- bruiser
- bruising
Translations
Noun
bruise (plural bruises)
- A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
- A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.
Synonyms
- (medical): ecchymosis, contusion (technical term)
- See also Thesaurus:injury
Translations
Anagrams
- Uribes, buries, busier, rubies
Dutch
Verb
bruise
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bruisen
Irish
Noun
bruise f sg
- genitive singular of bruis (“brush; pubic hair”)
Mutation
References
- "bruise" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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impairment
English
Alternative forms
- empairment (rare)
Etymology
impair +? -ment
Noun
impairment (countable and uncountable, plural impairments)
- The result of being impaired
- A deterioration or weakening
- A disability or handicap
- an inefficient part or factor.
- (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
Translations
impairment From the web:
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- what do impairment mean
- what does impairment mean
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