to brush
- verb
- /brʌʃ/
- I mean, I get up, I brush my teeth.
- brush your teeth
- brush your hair
- brushed with diagonal lines
I just take this and brush up my brows.
- I just take this and brush up my brows.
- OK, so now I'm just going to brush through these bad boys.
- Could I actually brush my hair to see?
- So I actually brush my lashes forward.
- You always want to make sure you brush it out each section.
- I'm going to brush through all my hair.
- Some ladies, some lazy ass ladies, just brush the tops.
Examples
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And I'm going to just brush my fingers through the hair.
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And then I brush my hair 100 times with this.
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Could I actually brush my hair to see?
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OK so first I always just brush my hair and put my hair up.
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Jack, go brush your teeth.
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Make sure you brush your teeth.
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You forgot to brush your teeth.
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So I'm going to brush out my hair.
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I'm going to brush through all my hair.
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Make sure you brush your teeth after every meal.
Synonyms
To clean and dry a surface by rubbing it with a cloth or your hand
To clean a floor or surface by brushing away dirt with a broom
To remove small dry particles from a surface by wiping or brushing
Clean a floor or carpet with a machine that sucks up dirt
To move someone or something quickly and lightly
To clean a floor with a long handle and wet cloth
To clean a surface or put liquid on it using a cotton stick
To clean the floor by moving dust and dirt with a broom
Move hair away from the face using your hand or a comb
To remove dirt or stains by rubbing hard with a brush
To put a liquid or soft substance on a surface with a brush
To clean a carpet or floor using a vacuum cleaner
To clean dust and dirt from something using quick movements
To remove dust or crumbs quickly with a light movement
To clean a carpet or floor with a vacuum cleaner
Idioms
- Informal
Describe people or things in very general ways that ignore important details
- Informal
Unfairly judge a whole group because of one person's actions
Phrasal Verbs
Review and improve what you know about something you have not used for a while
- Specialized
To use very little paint to make a rough, scratchy texture on a surface
Compounds
- Specialized
A brush with short, stiff hairs for cleaning or painting rough surfaces
- Specialized
A painting tool with soft sable hairs that makes fine, flexible points
- Specialized
A way of painting that uses very little paint to make a rough, scratchy texture
A small brush that you use to put cream or soap on your face before using a razor
- Specialized
A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark
- Australian
A small or medium animal like a kangaroo that lives in forests and thick bushes
- Australian
A large black bird that builds big nesting mounds in the woods of Australia and New Guinea
- Specialized
A medium to large butterfly with bright wings and small front legs not used for walking
- Specialized
A large animal with sharp spines and a brush of stiff hairs at the end of its tail
- Australian
A small animal from Australia and New Guinea that lives in trees and has a pouch and a bushy tail
- Specialized
A rodent with a brush of stiff, bead-like hairs at the tip of its tail
- US
A spreading evergreen shrub with small flowers that grows on dry hills in the southwestern United States
- US
A shrub with thin hairy branches and bright yellow flowers that smells nice and grows on western plains
- Specialized
A long thin paint brush used for painting very fine lines like the ropes on a ship
A tree from Mexico and Guatemala with dense hairy flowers that look like brushes at branch ends
How Vigorous
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word brush as a verb originally meant to move a bunch of hairs or twigs across a surface, which is why to brush means to clean, sweep, or apply something with a light, sweeping motion.