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bruises

/ˈbɹuːzɪz/

bruises is the plural of bruise.

bruises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bruise.

Meaning of bruise

Noun

bruise (plural bruises)

  1. A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
  2. A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.

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Phrases with bruises

Words that rhyme with bruises

Questions about bruises

What is bruises the plural of?
Bruises is the plural of bruise.
How do you pronounce bruises?
Bruises is pronounced /ˈbɹuːzɪz/.

Words near bruises in the dictionary

  1. bruiseless
  2. bruiselessness
  3. bruiselike
  4. bruiser
  5. bruisers
  6. bruises
  7. bruises up
  8. bruisest
  9. bruisewort
  10. bruiseworts
  11. bruising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bruises (page history and authors); bruise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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