bruise

/bruːz/ noun [C]

Translation

› a dark area on your skin where you have been hurt

yara, bere, çürük

He suffered cuts and bruises after falling off his bike.592

bruise verb [T] › to cause someone or something to have a bruise

yaralamak, yaralanmasına sebep olmak

[often passive] He was badly bruised in the accident.592 bruising noun [U] ›

morartı

He suffered serious bruising in the attack.

(Definition of bruise noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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