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pock
English
Etymology
From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukk? (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *b?ew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
pock (plural pocks)
- A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
- Any pit, especially one formed as a scar
Derived terms
- pockmark
- pox
Translations
Verb
pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked)
- To scar or mark with pits
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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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