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brush

[bruhsh] / brʌʃ /
NOUN
tool with bristles for cleaning
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VERB
clean, prepare by whisking
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Usage

What are other ways to say brush?

A brush is a brief encounter or skirmish: a brush with the law. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. Clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions.


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In another Nest video, the man raises a handful of brush to block the camera lens.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Heat from the vehicle caused the dry brush to ignite under the car, according to testimony from California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Battalion Chief Matt Palade.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Reports in French media say the blaze, near one of the parking lots at the airport, originated from a brush fire and then spread to a building.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Those green ecosystems are far different from California’s; our neighbor’s fires generally arise in massive boreal forests, which do not have debris or brush concerns because they’ve never been logged or otherwise interfered with.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2026

And so I let her lead me down to her bedroom, I let her choose a somber navy dress, I let her brush out my hair and pin it back.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Daniele Garner brushes a yak at the Pettee Ranch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Asked whether Fedorov's removal could upset Ukraine's drone development, Jason brushes it off.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Tommy, who used acrylic paint and a mixture of brushes and sponges to achieve different textures, said: 'I just wanted to make something colourful, plus feet are easier to draw than faces!

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

With a few tubes of paint, brushes and putty knives you might find at your local hardware store, fearless creation is something anybody can do.

From Salon May 2, 2026

Leo bursts into some song about not starting a fire, drumming with the wet brushes and spraying water.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Major wireless executives have brushed off Starlink’s threat to their businesses, but SpaceX’s latest commentary has investors worried anew.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

I melted the butter and miso together until fragrant and faintly nutty, then brushed it over sourdough and baked the slices until deeply golden.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Brown-Forman and Wolf Pen Branch, a collection of Brown family members who own the majority of Class A shares, issued a joint statement that brushed off Sazerac’s unsolicited proposal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

The 9th Circuit brushed aside that logic, saying the Supreme Court had since struck down a key legal tenet of that case.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Father held the baby close, his white beard brushed its cheek, looking into the little face with eyes as blue and innocent as the baby’s own.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

These included repeated brushing, chewing forces, and contact with acidic foods that can gradually dissolve enamel.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

“This wasn’t someone brushing off a mistake, it was someone who holds himself to an incredibly high standard and was deeply affected by falling short of it.”

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

"They're just brushing it all under the carpet," she said.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

Czernowitz was by then a Habsburg afterimage: Jews, Germans, Romanians, Ukrainians and Poles, brushing past one another in schools, markets and cafes, their lives conducted in competing alphabets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

“Oh, these pixies!” said Ida, brushing a green-haired, fuzzy-winged pixie off her loom.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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