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Synonyms for brush
brʌʃbrush
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
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.
Princeton's WordNet
brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicketnoun
a dense growth of bushes
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrushnoun
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 touchnoun
momentary contact
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrushnoun
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, clashbrushnoun
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, skirmishnoun
a minor short-term fight
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brushing, face-off, clangor, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, encounter, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touchbrush, brushingnoun
the act of brushing your teeth
"the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrush, brushingnoun
the act of brushing your hair
"he gave his hair a quick brush"
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrushverb
contact with something dangerous or undesirable
"I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"
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copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clashbrushverb
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
"Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
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sweepbrushverb
touch lightly and briefly
"He brushed the wall lightly"
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sweepbrushverb
clean with a brush
"She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
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sweepbrush, sweepverb
sweep across or over
"Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
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span, traverse, sweep, drag, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, swing out, swing, cross, drag in, broombrushverb
remove with or as if with a brush
"brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
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sweepbrushverb
cover by brushing
"brush the bread with melted butter"
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sweep
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
brushnoun
Synonyms:
brushwood, thicket, underbrush, grazing
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "brush":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#650 | meeting | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1809 | clean | |
#4498 | crash | |
#4566 | dust | |
#5162 | swing | |
#5204 | wash | |
#5556 | blade | |
#6165 | brush | |
#6613 | drag | |
#6671 | span | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#9767 | sail | |
#12312 | sweep | |
#12503 | clash | |
#13014 | brushes | |
#13821 | friction | |
#14260 | wipe | |
#15888 | scrub | |
#16278 | traverse | |
#16301 | sponge | |
#17596 | showdown | |
#18173 | rinse | |
#18477 | mop | |
#18823 | confrontation | |
#22431 | broom | |
#23960 | cleanse | |
#25070 | toothbrush | |
#27604 | brushing | |
#36357 | purify | |
#37220 | tangle | |
#44163 | scour | |
#48737 | skirmish | |
#54973 | thicket | |
#57051 | clank | |
#59141 | paintbrush | |
#65827 | disinfect | |
#69523 | clang | |
#79573 | lave | |
#94274 | hairbrush | |
#96410 | coppice | |
#105348 | copse | |
#108026 | brushwood | |
#278396 | embroil |
How to use brush in a sentence?
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The first thing I did when I moved into my house was cut back all the brush and get defensible space.
I wish we weren't going down this road right now, we're now prone to too many generalizations here that paint people here with a broad brush that is inaccurate. And I think if we want to get back to a time where we can actually find common ground, we all got to kind of cool it a little bit.
I don't think I've ever met John Ratcliffe and I certainly didn't associate John Ratcliffe name with this, what seems clear is that Matthew Levitt has made broad brush descriptions of Matthew Levitt role in this.
Real painter understand with a brush in their hand.
Translations for brush
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- فرشاة, فرشArabic
- fırçaAzerbaijani
- шчоткаBelarusian
- четкане, опашка, четка, гъсталак, изчетквам, четкам, сресвам с четкаBulgarian
- broust, broustañBreton
- raspall, raspallarCatalan, Valencian
- štětka, kartáč, štětecCzech
- børsteDanish
- Pinsel, Gebüsch, Gestrüpp, Bürste, Busch, Lunte, Standarte, bürsten, putzen, wischen, streifenGerman
- βούρτσισμα, θαμνότοπος, ουρά, βούρτσα, λόχμη, χρωματίζω, βουρτσίζω, βάφωGreek
- brosiEsperanto
- cepillado, matorral, escobilla, pincelada, pincel, cepillo, brocha, cepillar, aplicar, recoger, rozarSpanish
- pintselEstonian
- فرچه, برس, شتPersian
- suka, harja, pöheikkö, pensaikko, sivellin, harjaus, pusikko, kosketus, hankaus, pörröhäntä, harjata, koskettaa, sivellä, hipaistaFinnish
- bustFaroese
- brosse, accrochage, brossage, brosser, peindre, peinturerFrench
- sguab, sguabadhScottish Gaelic
- מברשת, הברשה, הברישHebrew
- kefe, ecset, seprű, kefél, sikálHungarian
- խոզանակ, վրձինArmenian
- sikatIndonesian
- pinselo, brosilo, brosarIdo
- pensill, bursti, hárbursti, tannburstiIcelandic
- spazzola, pennello, scontro, incontro, toccare, spazzolare, spazzolarsi, spennellareItalian
- ブラシがけ, 磨き, ブラシ, 刷子, 尾, 磨く, 塗るJapanese
- ფუნჯი, ყალამი, ჯაგრისიGeorgian
- børsti, børsterpaa, salippoqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 솔Korean
- firçe, havlêk, فرچه, rînek, شانه کردن, فرچه کردنKurdish
- setisLatin
- BiischtLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- teptukas, šepetysLithuanian
- ota, sukaLatvian
- четкаMacedonian
- berus, menyikat, memberusMalay
- borstel, struikgewas, borstelen, aanbrengen, afborstelen, tandenpoetsenDutch
- børsteNorwegian
- czesanie, szczotkowanie, kita, szczotka, szczotkowaćPolish
- escova, pincel, escovada, escovamento, encontro, mato, brocha, escovadela, pincelada, pincelar, escovar, esfregar, roçarPortuguese
- perie, periat, peria, picta, mătura, vopsi, ștergeRomanian
- щётка, труба, кисть, куст, кустарник, чистить, почиститьRussian
- četkica, kist, četkanje, kičica, четкица, žbun, žbunje, četka, razmrsiti, naneti, dodirnuti, očetkati, izčetkati, uklonitiSerbo-Croatian
- kefaSlovak
- čopič, umitiSlovene
- furçëAlbanian
- borste, pensel, borstaSwedish
- కుంచెTelugu
- magsipilyoTagalog
- fırçaTurkish
- щіткаUkrainian
- tozalamoq, tarash, cho'tkalash, cho'tka, taramoqUzbek
- bàn chảiVietnamese
- heremikef, pensit, glimükamakef, jukikef, lekluinakef, miotakef, tutikef, veluvakef, dratakef, frotakef, kef, svipül, lavädakef, leröbakefVolapük
- באַרשטYiddish
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