Synonyms for brushbrʌʃ
Princeton's WordNet
brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket(noun)
a dense growth of bushes
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brush, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush(noun)
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush, light touch(noun)
momentary contact
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brush, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush(noun)
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush(noun)
a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush, clash, encounter, skirmish(noun)
a minor short-term fight
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brushing, face-off, clangor, brush, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, encounter, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touchbrush, brushing(noun)
the act of brushing your teeth
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brush, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush, brushing(noun)
the act of brushing your hair
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brush, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush(verb)
contact with something dangerous or undesirable
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush(verb)
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
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sweepbrush(verb)
touch lightly and briefly
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sweepbrush(verb)
clean with a brush
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sweepbrush, sweep(verb)
sweep across or over
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span, traverse, sweep, drag, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, brush, swing out, swing, cross, drag in, broombrush(verb)
remove with or as if with a brush
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sweepbrush(verb)
cover by brushing
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sweep
English Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
brush
To clean is to make clean by removing dirt, impurities, or soil of any kind. Cleanse implies a worse condition to start from, and more to do, than clean. Hercules cleansed the Augean stables. Cleanse is especially applied to purifying processes where liquid is used, as in the flushing of a street, etc. We brush clothing if dusty, sponge it, or sponge it off, if soiled; or sponge off a spot. Furniture, books, etc., are dusted; floors are mopped or scrubbed; metallic utensils are scoured; a room is swept; soiled garments are washed; foul air or water is purified. Cleanse and purify are used extensively in a moral sense; wash in that sense is archaic. Compare AMEND.
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clean, cleanse, disinfect, dust, lave, mop, purify, rinse, scour, scrub, sponge, sweep, wash, wipeAntonyms:
befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, vitiatePreposition:
Cleanse of or from physical or moral defilement; cleanse with an instrument; by an agent; the room was cleansed by the attendants with soap and water.
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