Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Verb: contuse  kun't(y)ooz
  1. Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
    "I contused my knee"
    - bruise

Derived forms: contuses, contused, contusing

See also: contusion

Type of: injure, wound

Nearest

controversially
controversy
controvert
controvertible
contumacious
contumaciously
contumacy
contumelious
contumeliously
contumely
contuse
contusion
conundrum
conurbation
Conuropsis
Conuropsis carolinensis
convalesce
convalescence
convalescent
Convallaria
Convallaria majalis