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  • 21brush — I [[t]brʌʃ[/t]] n. 1) an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like and a handle, used for painting, cleaning, grooming, etc 2) mad either of a pair of wire bristled, brushlike devices used to mark a soft rhythmic beat on drums or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 22Brush — Paintbrush redirects here. For other uses, see Paintbrush (disambiguation) .: Bottle brush redirects here. For the tree, see Callistemon . The term brush refers to devices with bristles, wire or other filaments, used for cleaning, grooming hair,… …

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  • 23brush — brush1 brushable, adj. brusher, n. brushlike, adj. /brush/, n. 1. an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc. 2. one of a pair of devices… …

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  • 24brush — 1 noun 1 FOR CLEANING (C) an object that you use for cleaning, painting etc, made with a lot of hairs, bristles (bristle1 (2)), or thin pieces of plastic fixed to a handle: a hairbrush | Get a brush and sweep up all that rubbish. 2 (singular) a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25To brush aside — Brush Brush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brushed} (br[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Brushing}.] [OE. bruschen; cf. F. brosser. See {Brush}, n.] 1. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. A… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26To brush up — Brush Brush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brushed} (br[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Brushing}.] [OE. bruschen; cf. F. brosser. See {Brush}, n.] 1. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. A… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27brush — {{11}}brush (n.1) dust sweeper, a brush for sweeping, late 14c., also, c.1400, brushwood, brushes; from O.Fr. broisse (Mod.Fr. brosse) a brush (13c.), perhaps from V.L. *bruscia a bunch of new shoots (used to sweep away dust), perhaps from P.Gmc …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 28brush off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, beat back, broom, brush, brush aside, chase, chase away, chase off, cold shoulder, cut, dismiss, dismissal, drive away, drive back, drop the subject, fend off, forget, forget about it, forget it, hold off,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29brush — 01. You d better [brush] your hair; it s a real mess. 02. He dipped the [brush] in the paint. 03. If you need to fix your hair, there is a [brush] on the table next to the bed. 04. Sophie uses different sizes and thicknesses of [brushes] when she …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 30brush aside — verb bar from attention or consideration (Freq. 2) She dismissed his advances • Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush off, ↑discount, ↑push aside, ↑ignore …

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