Crossword-Solution: BRUSH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Brush | n. | An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc. |
| Brush | n. | The bushy tail of a fox. |
| Brush | n. | A tuft of hair on the mandibles. |
| Brush | n. | Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood. |
| Brush | n. | A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush. |
| Brush | n. | A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus. |
| Brush | n. | The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed. |
| Brush | n. | A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy. |
| Brush | n. | A short contest, or trial, of speed. |
| Brush | n. | To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. |
| Brush | n. | To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. |
| Brush | n. | To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off. |
| Brush | v. i. | To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BRUSH | anagram | SHRUB |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with BRUSH (5)
Should we take the brush with the redskins at Slightly Gulch? It was a sanguinary affair, and especially interesting as showing one of Peter’s peculiarities, which was that in the middle of a fight he would suddenly change sides.
The Sun that light imparts to all, receives From all his alimental recompence In humid exhalations, and at Even Sups with the Ocean: though in Heav’n the Trees Of life ambrosial frutage bear, and vines Yeild Nectar, though from off the boughs each Morn We brush mellifluous Dewes, and find the ground Cover’d with pearly grain: yet God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights, As may compare with Heaven; and to taste Think not I shall be nice.
The Bergson homestead was easier to find than many another, because it overlooked Norway Creek, a shallow, muddy stream that sometimes flowed, and sometimes stood still, at the bottom of a winding ravine with steep, shelving sides overgrown with brush and cottonwoods and dwarf ash.
Through a partly-opened door, the noise of a scrubbing-brush led up to the charwoman, Maryann Money, a person who for a face had a circular disc, furrowed less by age than by long gazes of perplexity at distant objects.
Outside, the sage-brush grew up to the very edge of the garden, and the sand was always drifting up to the tamarisks.
Quotes with BRUSH (3)
I'm afraid they're in love," he said, concerned. "They don't want to leave you." He lifted one hand from her waist to gently brush a pair from her neck, where their wings fanned against her jaw. Melancholy, he said, "I know just how they feel.
We wait and think and doubt and hate. How does it make you feel? The overwhelming feeling is rage. We hate ourself for being unable to be other than what we are. Unable to be better. We feel rage. The feelings must be followed. It doesn't matter whether you're an ideologue or a sensualist, you follow the stimuli thinking that they're your signposts to the promised land. But they are nothing of the kind. What they are is rocks to navigate the past, each on your brush against, …
Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off. But never, ever, ever give up.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 50 times in crossword archives (1959–2023).