Brush

/bɹʌʃ/

Synonyms for "brush" (432 found)

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Closest matches (87)

Noun(14 words)

thicket baste besoms brooms brushing brushland brushstroke brushwood brushwork bushescalligraphy brushclash clipping comb

actionaerial combataffrayair brushair-dry anhydratearabia desertaarmored combatart paperattouchementback countrybacklog backwoods bakeball the jackbarrel barrenbarren landbarrens battle

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battle royalbavin beak bedbed downbesom blot boom boondock boondocks borderland boscagebowl alongbracken brake break breath breezebreeze alongbridle broombrush bybrush offbrush-off brushwood bullfight bump bunt burn bushbush countrybushveldcamera lucidacamera obscuracanvas caress caudacaudal appendagecaudation chalk charcoal chuck clashclash of armsclean cleaning clip cockfight collide combatcome in contactcon conflict

Strong matches (129)

contact contest contingence copse crayon cue cure curry currycombcut alongcutaneous sensedabdeath valleydehumidify dehydrate desert desiccate desolation device dismiss

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disregard dock dogfight draindrawing paperdrawing pencildrench drier drydry updust bowleaselelectrical parts and devicesembroilment encounter engagement evaporateexchange of blowsexsiccate fagot fantail feed feel feeling fight fillipfingertip caressfirefire fightfirewood fixative fleet flick flip flirt flit flyfly lowfodder foot forest forests fray frontier gather generator gentle glancego fastgo overgraze groom groundground combatgrove hairbrush hand-mindednesshand-to-hand combathand-to-hand fighthandle harness heath highball hinterland hit hitchhouse-to-house combathowling wildernessignore impinge impingement impingence insolate karroo kiln kindling kindlings kiss lambency laplay figurelick

Noun(19 words)

contact allowedcontact numbercoppice copse curries currycombing currycombs dust dusts encounter fillips graze grazes grazing grooming groomshair brushhairbrushes kisses

Verb(8 words)

contacted curried currycombed degage delintgraze the kneegrazed groomed

Related words (216)

light touchlitter loglunar landscapelunar wastemake knotsmanage maulstick medium melee milk mummifynaval combatnip nudge osculate osculation outback outpostoutstrip the wind

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paint paintbrush palettepalette knifeparch partspassage of armspastel pat peck pencil pick pigment pigments pigtail pilepitched battlepour it onput asidequarrel queue rap rattail rebuff refresh relay restudy review rip rubrub downrumble run-inrunning fightsaddle saharasalt flatscorch scramble scrape scratchboard scrimmage scrub scrubwood scuffle searsense of touchset-to shave shineshoving matchshrivel shrubwoodshrug offsiccative sideswipe sizzle sketchbook sketchpad skim skirmish skirt smoke snapsoak upspatula speed spongespray gunsqueak bystand-up fightstormstorm alongstovewoodstreet fightstroke struggle stub study stump sun sun-dry swab sweepsweep outsweep uptactile sensetaction tail tailpiece tame tangency tap tauromachy teartear alongtendtentative contacttentative pokethe bushthicketthunder alongtickle timbers tip toothbrush torrefy touchtouch lightlytouch upontouching towel traintug-of-wartussle underbrush undergrowth underwooduninhabited regionup countryup-country vacuum vacuum-clean varnishvirgin landvirgin territorywaste wasteland waterweary wasteweazen whisk whisper whiz wildwild westwilderness wilds wipe wither wizen wood woodlands woods yokeyule clogyule logzing zip zoom

Noun(38 words)

light touchlinting lipsmake contactmost surface contactnapspaint brushpaintbrushes polishrubbing heat demoscrub scrubber scumblingshoulder shovesideswipes skim skirmish stroke strokes stroking

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strum strumming swat sweep sweeping sweeps swipes swiping swish swishingtail flicktanglebush thickets touchestouching forcestouching policyvarnish brushwiper

Verb(7 words)

napped sweep swept swished swishest tange touched

Adjective(1 words)

partial plane contact

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

37 entries

actionart techniqueartifact botany clean combat contact coverdental careelectrical devicefight fighting florahair carehaircare hairdressing

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More specific

17 entries

bold strokebrushland crosshatching dusting graze hairbrush paintbrush polishing scrubscrub brushscrubbing scumbling skim thicketthin strokethornbush

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Collocations

9 entries

brush handlebrush headbrush strokehair brushhairbrushpaint brushpaintbrushscrub brushsoft brush

Inflections

3 entries

brushed brushes brushing

Derivations

5 entries

brushable brushless brushstroke brushwood brushwork

similar

2 entries

sail sweep

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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You'd better brush up on your English if you 're going to go to America.

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Brush off the dust from your shoes.

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I just brush it off.

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He went to France to brush up on his speaking ability.

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