Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
brush
IPA transcription: [bɹ'ʌʃ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
Meaning:
a dense growth of bushes
Synonyms:
brush
Meaning:
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
Synonyms:
brush, light_touch
Meaning:
momentary contact
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
brush
Meaning:
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
Synonyms:
brush
Meaning:
touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
Synonyms:
brush
Meaning:
clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
Synonyms:
brush, sweep
Meaning:
sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
Synonyms:
brush
Meaning:
remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
Usage examples
Give her this brush.
It was the same dark beast with a large white tag to his brush.
The goats were enclosed for the night in a brush corral near by.
'The brush has got entangled in it!' the Queen said with a sigh.
Tonia brought it from the red jar hanging under the brush shelter.
Still the interminable succession of stretches of brush, cactus, and mesquite.
Alice carefully released the brush, and did her best to get the hair into order.
John took his paint pot and brush and went clattering down the uncarpeted stairs.
"Yesterday morning; a fine dog-fox, with a dark brush," confided Mrs. Hoopington.
But don't think of it, dear." He tried to brush back her hair, but she stopped him.