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contuse
[ kuhn-tooz, -tyooz ]
verb (used with object)
- to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
contuse
/ əˈː /
verb
- tr to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
Derived Forms
- Dzˈٳܲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·ٳ· [k, uh, n-, too, -siv, -, tyoo, -], adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of contuse1
Example Sentences
But in this moment, eight days into a hospital stay after a horrendous car accident that left her bruised, contused and confused, she leans into the comfort of confiding in a four-legged friend.
“The contused areas show the swelling to be receding.”
Upton, back in the Angels lineup after sitting out one game because of a contused forearm, went one for four.
If you don’t watch yourself, with every move you’ll end up being gashed, broken, bruised or contused.
That day, he’d seen an elderly man who had taken a bad spill two or three weeks earlier, resulting in a contused kidney and a compression fracture of his lower spine.
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