Synonyms for brush
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : bruhsh |
| Phonetic Transcription : brʌʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for brush Other synonyms for the word brush
- besom
- boscage
- bracken
- brushwood
- buff
- chaparral
- clash
- conflict
- confrontation
- contact
- coppice
- copse
- cover
- dingle
- encounter
- engagement
- fern
- fracas
- glance
- gorse
- graze
- grove
- hairbrush
- hedge
- mop
- polish
- polisher
- rub
- scrap
- sedge
- set-to
- shrubbery
- skim
- skirmish
- smooth
- spinney
- stroke
- sweep
- sweeper
- tap
- thicket
- tickle
- toothbrush
- touch
- tussle
- undergrowth
- underwood
- wash
- waxer
- whisk
- wipe
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for brush
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