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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin;
- Example: "beaten black and blue"
- Example: "livid bruises"
[syn: black-and-blue, livid]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

black and blue \black and blue\, black-and-blue
\black-and-blue\adj.
   discolored by or as if by bruising; -- of skin. livid bruises

   Syn: livid.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

black-and-blue
    adj 1: discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin;
           "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises" [syn: black-
           and-blue, livid]