Antonyms for brush

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : bruhsh

Phonetic Transcription : brʌʃ

Definition of brush

Origin : "dust-sweeper, a brush for sweeping," late 14c., also, c.1400, "brushwood, brushes;" from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse) "a brush" (13c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscia "a bunch of new shoots" (used to sweep away dust), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz "underbrush."

noun tool with bristles for cleaning
noun fight
noun scrappy bushes
verb touch lightly
verb clean, prepare by whisking

Example sentences :

Brush with milk, dredge with sugar, and bake for about 1/2 hour.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

"There are pigments, brush, and paper," said the old artist.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Yet I hold that the true art of my craft lies as much in the furnace as in the brush.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

They saw that the brush had been cut from the ground outside the stockade, as if for battle.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

I had eaten all the brush in the ravine and was beginning to be lonely.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

The sharks won't look for a brush till you've gone around once.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

He could do no more—yes, he took up a brush and added the title: "The Last Stand."
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Marny spoke in crisp, detached sentences between the pats of his brush.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Where we stand now the ground was covered with brush and chips, half hidden by snow.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Siegfried went through the brush in the direction from which the monster had come.
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

Synonyms for brush

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