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Brushlike
see synonyms of brushlikeAdjective
1. brushlike
resembling a brush
Example Sentences:'brushlike blue blooms'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Brushlike
see synonyms of brushlikenoun
1.
a device made of bristles, hairs, wires, etc, set into a firm back or handle: used to apply paint, clean or polish surfaces, groom the hair, etc
2.
the act or an instance of brushing
3.
a light stroke made in passing; graze
4.
a brief encounter or contact, esp an unfriendly one; skirmish
5.
the bushy tail of a fox, often kept as a trophy after a hunt, or of certain breeds of dog
6.
an electric conductor, esp one made of carbon, that conveys current between stationary and rotating parts of a generator, motor, etc
7.
a dark brush-shaped region observed when a biaxial crystal is viewed through a microscope, caused by interference between beams of polarized light
verb
8. (transitive)
to clean, polish, scrub, paint, etc, with a brush
9. (transitive)
to apply or remove with a brush or brushing movement
brush the crumbs off the table
10. (transitive)
to touch lightly and briefly
11. (intransitive)
to move so as to graze or touch something lightly
noun
1.
a thick growth of shrubs and small trees; scrub
2.
land covered with scrub
3.
broken or cut branches or twigs; brushwood
4.
wooded sparsely populated country; backwoods
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Brushlike
see synonyms of brushlike noun
1.
brushwood
2. US
sparsely settled country, covered with wild scrub growth
3.
a.
a device having bristles, hairs, or wires fastened into a hard back, with or without a handle attached: brushes are used for cleaning,
polishing, painting, smoothing the hair, etc.
b.
a device of wires attached in a fanlike spread to a handle, used as on drums or cymbals for a swishing or muted effect
4.
the act of brushing
5.
a light, grazing stroke
a brush of the hand
6.
brushwork
7.
a bushy tail, esp. that of a fox
8. US, Slang
brushoff
9. Electricity
a.
a piece, plate, rod, or bundle of carbon, copper, etc. used as a conductor between an external circuit and a revolving part, as in a motor
b.
brush discharge
verb transitive
10.
to use a brush on; clean, polish, paint, smooth, etc. with a brush
11.
to apply, spread, remove, etc. with a stroke or strokes as of a brush
12.
to go over lightly, as with a brush
13.
to touch or graze in passing
verb intransitive
14.
to move so as to push lightly aside, skim, or graze past something
verb intransitive
1.
to hurry
noun
2.
a short, quick fight, skirmish, etc.
a brush with the law
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