to brush

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

To clean a floor with a long handle and wet cloth

Clean a floor or carpet with a machine that sucks up dirt

To move someone or something quickly and lightly

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

To remove dirt or stains by rubbing hard with a brush

Move hair away from the face using your hand or a comb

To put a liquid or soft substance on a surface with a brush

To clean a carpet or floor with a vacuum cleaner

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

A quick unfriendly answer that ignores someone

Describe people or things in very general ways that ignore important details

Unfairly judge a whole group because of one person's actions

To ignore what someone says or feels as unimportant

Refresh your knowledge or skill by practising and reviewing

To touch something lightly while passing by

Review and improve what you know about something you have not used for a while

Ignore a person or thing because you think they are not important

Move hair away from the face using your hand or a comb

To put a liquid or soft substance on a surface with a brush

To move past a person or thing very close without stopping

To reject someone quickly and rudely

To use very little paint to make a rough, scratchy texture on a surface

To clean dust and dirt from something using quick movements

Clean your teeth with a toothbrush and toothpaste

To tell someone off angrily

A mark made by a brush in a painting

A small uncontrolled fire that burns bushes and shrubs

A cold short reply that shows no interest

A brush with short, stiff bristles for cleaning hard surfaces

A brush with short, stiff hairs for cleaning or painting rough surfaces

Low bushes or plants that grow close to the ground in dry areas

A painting tool with soft sable hairs that makes fine, flexible points

A short haircut with hair standing upright like a brush

A brush with short stiff bristles for cleaning hard dirt on surfaces

A small brush that you use to put cream or soap on your face before using a razor

A way of painting that uses very little paint to make a rough, scratchy texture

A brush with stiff hairs used on dry skin to remove dead skin and help blood flow

A small or medium animal like a kangaroo that lives in forests and thick bushes

A general way of dealing with something that ignores small details

A shrub with thin hairy branches and bright yellow flowers that smells nice and grows on western plains

A long thin paint brush used for painting very fine lines like the ropes on a ship

A spreading evergreen shrub with small flowers that grows on dry hills in the southwestern United States

A small wild dog that lives in western North America and often howls at night

A general remark that does not include specific details

A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark

A large black bird that builds big nesting mounds in the woods of Australia and New Guinea

A medium to large butterfly with bright wings and small front legs not used for walking

A large animal with sharp spines and a brush of stiff hairs at the end of its tail

A small animal from Australia and New Guinea that lives in trees and has a pouch and a bushy tail

A rodent with a brush of stiff, bead-like hairs at the tip of its tail

A useful pasture plant that sheep eat

A thing cows rub against to scratch and clean themselves

A device with brushes that cows use to scratch and clean themselves

A small brush with short hairs for painting fine details

A spiny shrub with silvery leaves that grows on dry alkaline plains

A tree from Mexico and Guatemala with dense hairy flowers that look like brushes at branch ends