Bruises on a person's skin.
bruising
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bruising.
Editorial note
They will cut you up on the thinner skin bit and do some serious bruising on the thicker skin.
Quick take
Bruises on a person's skin.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of bruising gathered in one view.
That bruises.
Wearisome, arduous.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for bruising.
noun
Bruises on a person's skin.
adjective
That bruises.
adjective
Wearisome, arduous.
noun
(slang) A violent physical attack on a person.
Example sentences
They will cut you up on the thinner skin bit and do some serious bruising on the thicker skin.
This has risks however- risks of rupturing artery walls, causing bleeding and bruising, and can be expensive.
If you've been in that situation before you recognize they are setting themselves up bruising.
As it was, they were too akin to something like The Pirate Bay to not get some sort of legal bruising.
In our life threatening situations, the risk of injury or bruising was well worth it to be able to breathe again.
Go reminds me a lot of TP with garbage collection, dressed up to look like C to avoid bruising Bell Labs egos.
In this case, both age and 'crime' account for what is just a prank with no harm done (apart from bruising some teacher's ego).
My gut tells me the Ubuntu O/S can take quite a bruising.
My ego's buoyed by being contacted again and doing well on phone screens, so I suppose I can take another bruising.
He stims, and recently it has started to cause bruising.
There are much worse things than bruising across the shoulders.
Paintballs can cause bruising, blindness, and stain clothes and walls.
Quote examples
The most common tomato is called "bulletproof" and that's because of how well it ships without bruising, not how tasty it is.
I'm tired of over-generalizations about "spanking." Bruising, switches, rods, and welts are not "spanking." Whipping is not the same as spanking.
OP: "My car's samouflange broke at 60mph and now I'm quadriplegic." cdoxsey: "Well, most samouflange-failure incidents only result in minor bruising, so everything is fine!"
His bruising of his spinal cord was at the second cervical vertebra.) The article continues, "All those involved in the research are keen not to raise false hopes in patients and stress that the success will need to be repeated to show definitively whether it can stimulate spinal cord regeneration." Yes.
Proper noun examples
Bruising, cuts, and breaks (collarbone, ribs, and wrists, in that order) are relatively less common.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use bruising in a sentence?
They will cut you up on the thinner skin bit and do some serious bruising on the thicker skin.
What does bruising mean?
Bruises on a person's skin.
What part of speech is bruising?
bruising is commonly used as noun, adjective.