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disable
English
Etymology
dis- +? able
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [d?s?e?b??]
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Verb
disable (third-person singular simple present disables, present participle disabling, simple past and past participle disabled)
- (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
- (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- (chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
Synonyms
- unable (non-standard), see also Thesaurus:disable
- deactivate
Antonyms
- enable
Derived terms
- disablement
Translations
Adjective
disable (comparative more disable, superlative most disable)
- (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
- Our disable and unactive force.
Anagrams
- baldies, bidales, diables, labside
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?sebl/, /?d??ebl/
Verb
disable (third-person singular present disables, present participle disablein, past disablet, past participle disablet)
- disable, disqualify
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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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