Synonyms for brush
brʌʃbrush

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1. brush

   To clean is to make clean by removing dirt, impurities, or soil of any kind. Cleanse implies a worse condition to start from, and more to do, than clean. Hercules cleansed the Augean stables. Cleanse is especially applied to purifying processes where liquid is used, as in the flushing of a street, etc. We brush clothing if dusty, sponge it, or sponge it off, if soiled; or sponge off a spot. Furniture, books, etc., are dusted; floors are mopped or scrubbed; metallic utensils are scoured; a room is swept; soiled garments are washed; foul air or water is purified. Cleanse and purify are used extensively in a moral sense; wash in that sense is archaic. Compare AMEND.

   Synonyms:
   clean, cleanse, disinfect, dust, lave, mop, purify, rinse, scour, scrub, sponge, sweep, wash, wipe

   Antonyms:
   befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, vitiate

   Preposition:
   Cleanse of or from physical or moral defilement; cleanse with an instrument; by an agent; the room was cleansed by the attendants with soap and water.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicketnoun

   a dense growth of bushes

   Synonyms:
   copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

2. brushnoun

   an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

   Synonyms:
   copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

3. brush, light touchnoun

   momentary contact

   Synonyms:
   copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

4. brushnoun

   conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

   Synonyms:
   copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

5. brushnoun

   a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)

   Synonyms:
   copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

6. brush, clash, encounter, skirmishnoun

   a minor short-term fight

   Synonyms:
   brushing, face-off, clangor, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, encounter, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touch

7. brush, brushingnoun

   the act of brushing your teeth

   "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"

   Synonyms:
   copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

8. brush, brushingnoun

   the act of brushing your hair

   "he gave his hair a quick brush"

   Synonyms:
   copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

9. brushverb

   contact with something dangerous or undesirable

   "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"

   Synonyms:
   copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

10. brushverb

    rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

    "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"

    Synonyms:
    sweep

11. brushverb

    touch lightly and briefly

    "He brushed the wall lightly"

    Synonyms:
    sweep

12. brushverb

    clean with a brush

    "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"

    Synonyms:
    sweep

13. brush, sweepverb

    sweep across or over

    "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"

    Synonyms:
    span, traverse, sweep, drag, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, swing out, swing, cross, drag in, broom

14. brushverb

    remove with or as if with a brush

    "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"

    Synonyms:
    sweep

15. brushverb

    cover by brushing

    "brush the bread with melted butter"

    Synonyms:
    sweep

Matched Categories

1. • Clean
   • Cover
   • Dental Care
   • Electrical Device
   • Fight
   • Hair Care
   • Implement
   • Move
   • Remove
   • Rub
   • Tail
   • Touch

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. brushnoun

   Synonyms:
   skirmish, engagement, rencounter, encounter, battle, contest, fight, conflict, collision, action, affair

2. brushnoun

   Synonyms:
   thicket, bushes, shrubs, brushwood

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1. brushnoun

   Synonyms:
   brushwood, thicket, underbrush, grazing

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1. List of paraphrases for "brush":

   hairbrush, paintbrush, blade, toothbrush, scrub, brushes

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How to use brush in a sentence?

1. Tami McVay:

   They don’t have water in their homes to take baths, or brush their teeth, or have clean laundry, and they’re getting bullied, being made fun of because they’re taking baths at the local gas station bathroom. It’s not fair – the stress that it causes the parents because [they] start to feel like they’re failing as a parent.

2. Jeremy DeSilva:

   Mary Leakey made exquisitely detailed maps of the footprint localities. From Mary Leakey map, we were able to approximate where the tracks should be. We began to dig, hoping for the best, but fearing instead that forty years of seasonal rains had washed them away, the soil was hard as cement and it took a hammer and chisel to reach the footprint layer, which we then needed to excavate delicately with a hard-bristled brush and tongue depressor. Fortunately, the footprints were beautifully preserved.

3. Fiance Nicole Johnson:

   I know Michael well enough to know he doesn’t need to partake in the tiny, minuscule decisions. But I also know him well enough to know that he does want to be involved in what flavor our cake is going to be and what flowers he thinks are ugly and what flowers he thinks are really pretty, i show him pictures and I ask what he thinks and he’ll either brush it off, which means he doesn’t really care, or he’ll give me his opinion.

4. Anthony Falco:

   Brush the pan with olive oil, stick your dough in there, put your toppings on, crank up your oven as high it will go, leave it in for 15 to 20 minutes, [and you] have a pan-style pizza.

5. An Ohio sheriff office:

   Deputies said they used a drone to survey the surrounding area, following tire tracks left behind that led officers to an abandoned house. Ground units then located the ATV covered with brush. End result, one happy kid !