Library / English Dictionary

CONTUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

Example:

I bruised my knee

Synonyms:

bruise; contuse

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "contuse" is one way to...):

injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "contuse"):

crush; jam (crush or bruise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Did he contuse his foot?

Derivation:

contusion (the action of bruising)

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