brush (verb)
21brush — I. noun Etymology: Middle English brusch, from an Anglo French form akin to Old French broce brushwood, Medieval Latin brusca Date: 14th century 1. brushwood 2. a. scrub vegetation b. land covered with scrub vegetation II. noun …
22brush — brush1 noun 1》 an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used for cleaning, smoothing, or painting. ↘an act of brushing. 2》 a slight and fleeting touch. ↘a brief encounter with something bad or unwelcome: a brush… …
23brush*/ — [brʌʃ] verb I 1) [T] to make something clean or tidy using a brush She hadn t bothered to brush her hair.[/ex] How often do you brush your teeth?[/ex] 2) [T] to remove something by moving your hands or a brush quickly over a surface Maggie… …
24brush — 1. noun 1) a styling brush camel hair brushes a brush and dustpan Syn: hairbrush; toothbrush; paintbrush; scrub brush; whisk broom, sweeper, broom 2) he gave the seat a brush with his hand Syn …
25brush — [14] It is not clear whether brush for sweeping and brush as in brushwood are the 79 buckwheat same word, although both appeared in the language at about the same time, from a French source. Brush ‘broken branches’ comes from brousse, the Anglo… …
26brush — [14] It is not clear whether brush for sweeping and brush as in brushwood are the same word, although both appeared in the language at about the same time, from a French source. Brush ‘broken branches’ comes from brousse, the Anglo Norman version …
27brush — I 1. noun 1) a dustpan and brush Syn: broom, sweeper, besom, whisk 2) he gave the seat a brush with his hand Syn: clean, sweep, wipe, dust 3) a brush with the law …
28brush up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms brush up : present tense I/you/we/they brush up he/she/it brushes up present participle brushing up past tense brushed up past participle brushed up to practise and improve your skills or… …
29brush 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… …
30brush up — or brush up on PHRASAL VERB If you brush up something or brush up on it, you practise it or improve your knowledge of it. [V P n (not pron)] I had hoped to brush up my Spanish... [V P P n] Eleanor spent much of the summer brushing up on her dri …
