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  • 11brush */*/ — I UK [brʌʃ] / US verb Word forms brush : present tense I/you/we/they brush he/she/it brushes present participle brushing past tense brushed past participle brushed 1) [transitive] to make something clean or tidy using a brush brush your… …

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  • 12brush — [[t]brʌ̱ʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ brushes, brushing, brushed 1) N COUNT A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair. We gave him paint and brushes …

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  • 13brush aside — or brush away PHRASAL VERB If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be. [V n P] Perhaps you shouldn t brush the idea aside too… …

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  • 14Brush-furred mouse — Brush furred mice Temporal range: Recent Lophuromys sikapusi Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 15Brush SEM — is a manufacturer of large generators for gas turbine and steam turbine drive applications, based at Plzen in the Czech Republic. The site for BRUSH SEM was established in 1859, by Count Wallenstein Vartenberk who set up a branch of his foundry… …

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  • 16brush — vb Brush, graze, glance, shave, skim are comparable when they mean to touch lightly in passing. Brush implies a movement like the flick of a brush upon a surface: sometimes it suggests no more than an almost impalpable touching, but sometimes it… …

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  • 17brush aside — / brush off [v] ignore; refuse boycott, cold shoulder*, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, have no time for*, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn, sweep… …

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  • 18brush off — brush aside / brush off [v] ignore; refuse boycott, cold shoulder*, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, have no time for*, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn …

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  • 19brush|up — «BRUHSH UHP», noun. 1. the act of refreshing memory or reviewing something learned, studied, etc.: »As far as I ve been able to gather from a hasty brushup on the subject, the Koreans have no ethnological ties with the Chinese (New Yorker). 2. a… …

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  • 20brush — brush1 [ brʌʃ ] noun ** ▸ 1 tool ▸ 2 light touch ▸ 3 short experience ▸ 4 fox s tail ▸ 5 trees/branches ▸ 6 use of a brush 1. ) count an object used for painting, cleaning things, or making your hair neat. It consists of a handle with stiff… …

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