Bruise vs Welt what difference
what is difference between Bruise and Welt
English
Alternative forms
- bruize (obsolete)
- brise (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English bruisen, brusen, brosen, brisen, bresen, from a merger two words, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”):
- Old English brȳsan, brīesan (“to bruise; crush”), from Proto-Germanic *brausijaną, *brūsijaną (“to break; crumble; crack”). Provided the word’s sense.
- Anglo-Norman bruiser, bruser (“to break, smash, shatter”), from Gaulish *brus-, from Proto-Celtic *bruseti (“to break”). Provided the word’s form.
Cognate with Scots brizz, German brausen (“to roar; boom; pound”), Old English brosnian (“to crumble, fall apart”), Dutch broos (“brittle”), German Brosame (“crumb”), dialectal Norwegian brøysk (“breakable”), Latin frustum (“bit, scrap”), Old Church Slavonic бръснути (brŭsnuti, “to rake”), Albanian breshër (“hail”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: bro͞oz, IPA(key): /bɹuːz/
- Homophone: brews
- Rhymes: -uːz
Verb
bruise (third-person singular simple present bruises, present participle bruising, simple past and past participle bruised)
- (transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
- (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
- (intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
- Bananas bruise easily.
- (intransitive) To become bruised.
- I bruise easily.
- (intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
- Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom.
- (transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
Derived terms
- bruiser
- bruising
Translations
Noun
bruise (plural bruises)
- A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
- A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.
Synonyms
- (medical): ecchymosis, contusion (technical term)
- See also Thesaurus:injury
Translations
Anagrams
- Uribes, buries, busier, rubies
Dutch
Verb
bruise
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bruisen
Irish
Noun
bruise f sg
- genitive singular of bruis (“brush; pubic hair”)
Mutation
References
- “bruise” in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛlt/
- Rhymes: -ɛlt
Etymology 1
From Middle English welten, from Old English weltan, wieltan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen, Danish vælte, Swedish välta, Icelandic velta.
Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To roll; revolve
Derived terms
- welter
Etymology 2
Circa 1425, a shoemaker’s term. Perhaps related to Middle English welten (“to overturn, roll over”), from Old Norse velta (“to roll”). Meaning “ridge on the skin from a wound” first recorded 1800.
Noun
welt (plural welts)
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
- A feature resembling a welt.
Translations
Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
- To cause to have welts, to beat.
- To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.
Translations
Etymology 3
Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
- (Britain, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To decay.
- (Britain, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To become stringy.
Related terms
- wilt
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛlt
Verb
welt
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of wellen
- (archaic) plural imperative of wellen