brush stroke
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3.3
- noun
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pincelada
- His lush brush strokes and confident pencil marks remind us just how special the familiar is.
- a single brush stroke
We copied stroke for stroke the heavy brush strokes of our capable instructor.
- We copied stroke for stroke the heavy brush strokes of our capable instructor.
- And then I have like these brush strokes of gel, brown gel and it does not look cute.
- His lush brush strokes and confident pencil marks remind us just how special the familiar is.
Examples
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To the trained eye it's obvious that the brush strokes were not those of the master.
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"One cannot duplicate any one brush stroke exactly," she said.
Fiction book (1994) -
At first I could kind of see the brush strokes going through it, but now it's all working into the skin.
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You get close, and you see those brush strokes, right?
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If you look closely, you can see brush strokes.
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These tiny little brush strokes are clearly visible here.
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A brush stroke is as unique as a fingerprint.
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Without thinking, she began to sing softly as she counted the brush strokes.
Fiction book (1990) -
From his window, the sky is painted with Vincent's signature short brush strokes of thick impasto.
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In his latest painting, the artist used bold brush strokes to create a sense of movement.
Synonyms
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3.7
A single hitting or moving action in sports, art and writing
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4.0
A mark or line made by a paintbrush that shows the artist's style
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3.7
A strong clear line in drawing or painting that shows shape and makes parts stand out
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a mark or line made by a brush' is directly derivable from combining 'brush' (the instrument) with 'stroke' (a single mark or motion); the constituents together transparently specify the concept. This simple noun–noun compositional pattern is common across languages and should be clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Brush stroke comes from the simple image of a brush making a single stroke of paint across a canvas. That clear line shows the artist's movement, so it means 'a mark or line made by a brush'.