brush
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brush |
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Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, action, aerial combat, affray,
air-dry, air brush, anhydrate, armored
combat, art paper, attouchement, back country,
backlog, backwoods, bake, ball the jack, barrel, barren, barren land, barrens, battle, battle royal, bavin, beak, bed, bed down, besom, blot, boom, boondock, boondocks, borderland, boscage, bowl along, bracken, brake, break, breath, breeze, breeze along, bridle, broom, brush-off, brush, brush by, brush off, brushwood, bullfight, bump, bunt, burn, bush, bush country, bushveld, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas,
caress, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, chalk, charcoal, chuck, clash, clash of arms, clean, clip, cockfight, collide, combat, come in contact, con, conflict, contact,
contingence, copse, crayon,
cue, cure, curry, currycomb, cut along, cutaneous sense, dab, dehumidify, dehydrate,
desert, desiccate, desolation, dismiss, disregard, dock, dogfight, drain, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drench, drier, dry, dust bowl, easel, embroilment, encounter, engagement, evaporate, exchange of blows, exsiccate, fagot, fantail, feed, feel, feeling, fight, fillip, fingertip caress, fire, fire fight, firewood, fixative, fleet, flick, flip, flirt,
flit, fly, fly low,
fodder, foot, forests,
fray, frontier, gather, gentle, glance, go fast, go over, graze, groom, ground, ground combat, grove, hairbrush, hand-mindedness, hand-to-hand combat,
hand-to-hand fight, handle, harness,
heath, highball, hinterland, hit, hitch, house-to-house combat, howling wilderness, ignore, impinge, impingement, impingence, insolate, karroo, kiln, kindling, kindlings, kiss, lambency,
lap, lay figure, lick, light touch, litter, log, lunar landscape, lunar waste, make
knots, manage, maulstick, medium,
melee, milk, mummify, naval combat, nip, nudge, osculate, osculation, outback, outpost, outstrip the wind, paint, paintbrush, palette, palette knife, parch, passage of arms, pastel, pat, peck, pencil, pick, pigments, pigtail, pile, pitched battle, pour it on, put aside, quarrel, queue, rap, rattail,
rebuff, refresh, restudy,
review, rip, rub, rub down, rumble, run-in, running fight, saddle, salt flat, scorch, scramble, scrape, scratchboard, scrimmage, scrub, scrubwood, scuffle, sear, sense of touch, set-to, shave, shoving match, shrivel, shrubwood,
shrug off, siccative, sideswipe,
sizzle, sketchbook, sketchpad,
skim, skirmish, skirt, smoke, snap, soak up, spatula, speed, sponge, spray gun, squeak by, stand-up fight, storm along, stovewood, street fight, stroke, struggle, stub, study, stump,
sun-dry, sun, swab,
sweep, sweep out, sweep up,
tactile sense, taction, tail, tailpiece, tame, tangency, tap, tauromachy, tear, tear
along, tend, tentative contact, tentative poke, the bush, thicket, thunder along, tickle, timbers, tip, toothbrush,
torrefy, touch, touch lightly, touch upon, touching, towel,
train, tug-of-war, tussle, underbrush, undergrowth, underwood, uninhabited region, up-country, vacuum-clean, vacuum, varnish, virgin land, virgin territory, waste, wasteland, water, weary waste, weazen, whisk, whisper, whiz, wild, wild West, wilderness,
wilds, wipe, wither,
wizen, wood, woodlands,
woods, yoke, yule clog,
yule log, zing, zip,
zoom
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brush aside |
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abandon, abjure, brush off, chuck, chuck out, contemn, contradict, decline, deny, despise, disapprove,
discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, drop the subject,
except, exclude, forget, forget about it, forget it, forswear, ignore, lay aside, let it go, let slip, pass by, pass up, push aside, put aside, rebuff, recant,
refuse, refuse to consider, reject,
renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, scout, set aside, shove away, shrug off, sneeze at, spurn, think nothing of,
throw away, throw out, thrust aside, turn away, turn away from,
turn out, waive
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brush off |
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abandon, beat back, broom, brush, brush aside, chase, chase away, chase off, cold shoulder, cut, dismiss, dismissal, drive away, drive back, drop the subject, fend off,
forget, forget about it, forget it,
hold off, keep off, lay aside, let it go, let slip, pack off, push aside, push back, put aside, put back, rebuff, refusal, refuse,
repel, repulse, send away, send off, send packing, set aside, shrug off, sneeze at, snub, spurn, spurning, sweep, sweep out, sweep up, think nothing of, thrust aside, thrust back, turn away from, turn back,
vacuum-clean, vacuum, ward off,
whisk
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brush up |
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bone up, brighten up, cram, cram up, dress, fettle, fix, freshen, furbish, furbish up, get up, get up on, groom, manicure, plume, polish, polish up, preen, read up on,
refresh the memory, renovate, repair, restudy, retouch, review, revive, rub up, shine, spruce, spruce up, study up, study up on, tone up, touch up, vamp, vamp up
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Main entries similar to: brush
action, back country, backlog, backwoods, bake,
ball the jack, barrel, barrens, battle, battle royal, bed, blot, boom,
boondocks, borderland, break, breath, breeze, bridle, broom, brush,
brush off, bullfight, bunt, burn, bush, canvas, caress, chalk, charcoal, chuck, clash,
cleaning, clip, combat, conflict, contact, contest, crayon, cue,
cure, curry, dab, Death Valley, dehumidify, dehydrate, desert, desiccate, desolation, device, dock, drain, drench,
drier, dry, dry up, dust bowl, easel, electrical parts and devices, embroilment, encounter, evaporate, fagot,
fantail, feed, feel, feeling, fight, fillip, fire, firewood,
fixative, fleet, flick, flip, flirt, flit, fly, fodder, foot, forest, fray,
frontier, generator, gentle, glance, graze, groom, ground, handle,
harness, heath, highball, hinterland, hit, hitch, impinge, impingement, karroo, kiln, kindling, kiss, lap,
lay figure, lick, light touch, litter, log, manage, medium, melee,
milk, mummify, nip, nudge, osculate, outback, outpost, paint, paintbrush, palette, parch, parts, pastel,
pat, peck, pencil, pick, pigment, pigtail, pile, pour
it on, quarrel, queue, rap, rattail, rebuff, relay, rip, rub,
rub down, rumble, saddle, Sahara, salt flat, scorch, scramble, scrape, scrimmage, scrub, scuffle, sear, shave,
shine, shrivel, sideswipe, sizzle, sketchbook, skim, skirmish, skirt,
smoke, snap, soak up, spatula, speed, sponge, squeak by, storm, street fight, stroke, struggle, stub, stump,
sun, swab, sweep, sweep out, tail, tailpiece, tame, tap,
tear, tend, tickle, tip, touch, touch upon, touching, towel,
train, tug-of-war, tussle, up-country, vacuum, varnish, waste, wasteland, water, weazen, whisk, whisper, whiz,
wild, wild West, wilderness, wipe, wither, wizen, wood, woods,
yoke, zing, zip, zoom
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