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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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