CONTUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contuse mean? 

• CONTUSE (verb)
  The verb CONTUSE has 1 sense:

1. injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

  Familiarity information: CONTUSE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTUSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they contuse    ... he / she / it contuses   
Past simple: contused   
Past participle: contused   
-ing form: contusing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bruise; contuse

Context example:

I bruised my knee

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)