bruise
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- A bruise is a purplish mark on the skin due to the blood leaking from blood vessels under the surface of the skin, usually due to impact against the area.
- I accidentally knocked my head against the wall, and got a bruise on the forehead.
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- (transitive) When you bruise someone, you hit him with something that causes him to get a bruise.