brush
/bɹʌʃ/ verb A1- To clean with a brush. · Brush your teeth.
- To untangle or arrange with a brush. · Brush your hair.
- To apply with a brush. · I am brushing the paint onto the walls.
- To remove with a sweeping motion. · She brushed the flour off my clothes.
- To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing. · Her scarf brushed his skin.
- To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
He/she/it brushes · Past brushed · Past participle brushed · -ing form brushing
Verb forms
- Base form
- brush
- He/she/it
- brushes
- Past
- brushed
- Past participle
- brushed
- -ing form
- brushing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- brush aside To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
- brush back To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
- brush by To walk past another person, touching them slightly, norm...
- brush down Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush,...
- brush off To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone),...
- brush out To brush (someone's hair or an animal's fur) to remove ta...
- brush over To barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch...
- brush up To paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
From the library
He assembled a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails, saying that they would not only look much better without them, but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience.
Holmes brushed him aside without a word and, followed by all of us, rushed into the room which had been occupied by the man whom we had been watching.
You can tell an old master by the sweep of his brush.
A top hat, well brushed and trim, was placed upon the floor beside him.
Other matches
- brush An implement consisting of multiple more or les... A1
- brush aside To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as u...
- brush back To throw a brushback pitch at
- brush by To walk past another person, touching them slig...
- brush down Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- brush off To disregard
- brush out To brush
- brush over To barely cover a topic
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