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(noun) the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush" |
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Synonyms: brushing |
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Related Words: hair care, hairdressing |
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(verb) remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs" ; "brush aside the objections" |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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(noun) the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day" |
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Synonyms: brushing |
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Related Words: dental care |
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(noun) a minor short-term fight |
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Synonyms: clash, encounter, skirmish |
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Related Words: combat, contretemps, fight, fighting |
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(verb) touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" |
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Related Words: crease, flick, graze, rake, strike, touch |
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(verb) rub with a brush, or as if with a brush: "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" |
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Related Words: rub |
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(verb) clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet" |
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Related Words: clean, make clean |
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(verb) cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter" |
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Related Words: cover |
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(verb) sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" |
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Synonyms: sweep |
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Related Words: move |
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(noun) an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle |
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Related Words: bottlebrush, bristle brush, clothesbrush, hairbrush, implement, nailbrush, paintbrush, sable, sable's hair pencil, scrub brush, scrubbing brush, shaving brush, toothbrush |
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(noun) conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor |
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Related Words: electrical device |
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(noun) momentary contact |
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Synonyms: light touch |
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Related Words: touch, touching |
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(noun) a dense growth of bushes |
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Synonyms: brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket |
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Related Words: brake, canebrake, flora, spinney, underbrush, undergrowth, underwood, vegetation |
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(noun) a light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing" |
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Synonyms: kiss |
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Related Words: touch, touching |
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