Idioms for brush
get the brush,
to be rejected or rebuffed: She greeted Jim effusively, but I got the brush.
give the brush,
to ignore, rebuff, etc.: If you're still angry with him, give him the brush.
Origin of brush
1SYNONYMS FOR brush
OTHER WORDS FROM brush
brush·a·ble, adjective brush·er, noun brush·like, adjective un·brush·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby brush
Definition for brush (2 of 3)
brush
2
[ bruhsh ]
/ brʌʃ /
noun
a dense growth of bushes, shrubs, etc.; scrub; thicket.
a pile or covering of lopped or broken branches; brushwood.
bushes and low trees growing in thick profusion, especially close to the ground.
Also called brushland.
land or an area covered with thickly growing bushes and low trees.
backwoods; a sparsely settled wooded region.
Origin of brush
2
1350–1400; Middle English
brusshe < Middle French
broisse, Old French
broce underbrush (compare Anglo-French
brousson wood,
brusseie heath), perhaps < Vulgar Latin
*bruscia excrescences, derivative of Latin
bruscum knot or excrescence on a maple tree
OTHER WORDS FROM brush
brush·i·ness, nounDefinition for brush (3 of 3)
Brush
[ bruhsh ]
/ brʌʃ /
noun
Katharine,1902–52,
U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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British Dictionary definitions for brush (1 of 2)
brush
1
/ (brʌʃ) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of brush
brusher, noun brushlike, adjectiveWord Origin for brush
C14: from Old French
broisse, perhaps from
broce
brush ²
British Dictionary definitions for brush (2 of 2)
brush
2
/ (brʌʃ) /
noun
a thick growth of shrubs and small trees; scrub
land covered with scrub
broken or cut branches or twigs; brushwood
wooded sparsely populated country; backwoods
Word Origin for brush
C16 (dense undergrowth), C14 (cuttings of trees): from Old French
broce, from Vulgar Latin
bruscia (unattested) brushwood
Idioms and Phrases with brush
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