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A utensil in the form of a brush or a sponge on a long handle, used to scrub the back while bathing.
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(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
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An articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving.
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A tool of Middle Eastern origin, traditionally made of clay, used in the bath to exfoliate dead skin.
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A waterproof brush designed for personal hygiene in the bath or shower.
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Alternative spelling of bath-brush [A waterproof brush designed for personal hygiene in the bath or shower.]
n
A kitchen implement for mixing.
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A kind of pointed makeup sponge.
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A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
v
To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
v
Alternative form of blow-dry [To dry with a hair dryer]
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A brush, having bristles that radiate from a central stem, used for cleaning bottles.
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A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
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A scouring pad used for cleaning dishes, made from steel wool containing soap.
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The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item.
v
(dated, of a length of wood) To strike (a length of wood) repeatedly such that the top of it becomes frayed and worn.
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(informal) A person who wields a broom.
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A sweeping with a broom.
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(obsolete) A broomstick.
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The handle of a broom (sweeping tool).
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(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
v
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
v
To clean one's teeth, especially by using a toothbrush and toothpaste.
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A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing.
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The act of brushing down (a person, animal or object).
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A rotating bar with brushlike bristles, used in certain cleaning appliances.
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A man employed to clean with a brush.
adj
Obsolete form of brushed. [rubbed, especially as a finish.]
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Alternative form of brush-up [(informal) A slight correction or modification.]
n
Brushes, brooms and similar cleaning items.
adv
(rare) In the manner of a brush.
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A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
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(slang, obsolete) An usher at a school.
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(art) A soft haired brush made from squirrel hair or a blend of hairs
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A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.
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A mechanical (not electric) device for cleaning carpets by means of a rotating brush.
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Alternative spelling of carpet beater [A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.]
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Alternative spelling of carpet beater [A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.]
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A type of brush designed for dusting and tidying (especially formal) clothes.
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A brush for the clothes.
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A kind of brush with soft bristles, used for removing cobwebs
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(obsolete) A lady's maid.
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The act by which something is combed.
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A heated cylindrical device for curling the hair.
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A kind of hard-bristled brush used in grooming horses.
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A floor brush with very hard short bristles, used for scouring.
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A device for dematting an animal's fur.
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A brush used for removing tangles from hair.
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A skincare treatment that consists of scrubbing dry skin with a hard bristled brush.
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A hand-held vacuum cleaner
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A light brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.
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Alternative form of dust buster [A hand-held vacuum cleaner]
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A flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.
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A matching dustpan and brush, manufactured and sold as a single item, and often fitting together (typically made from brass if for use with a coal fire, or of plastic for general domestic use).
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(obsolete) A brush used to abrade the interior of a cavity or a wound.
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(historical) A brush for rubbing the skin to stimulate the circulation.
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A tool used for flossing the teeth, consisting of a disposable pick with floss stretched across it.
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A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
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A brush used to groom horses.
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Alternative form of hairbrush. [A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair]
n
Alternative form of haircare [The care and treatment of the hair.]
n
A hairstyling product in gel form that hardens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle.
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Alternative form of hairbrush. [A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair]
n
A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
n
Alternative spelling of hand scrub [A substance manufactured for cleansing the hands to their cosmetically or hygienically optimal states.]
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A small and light stick-like hand-held vacuum cleaner.
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A tool used for cleaning surfaces of dust, made of cloth strips attached to a pole.
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A type of brush used to sprinkle holy water.
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A brush used for grooming horses.
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A brush used in Chinese calligraphy and painting.
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A makeup brush with a short stem, dense bristles, and typically a rounded head.
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(rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings
n
Synonym of touch of the tar brush
v
Alternative form of loofah [(transitive, intransitive) To clean or scrub with a loofah.]
v
(transitive, intransitive) To clean or scrub with a loofah.
n
A velvet smoothing brush.
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(now regional) A mop, especially one used to clean a baker's oven.
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The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
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A mop for cleaning cannon.
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A very small brush, especially a very small toothbrush used in dentistry
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A kind of brush that resembles a mop, used in car washes
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An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
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(US) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop.
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A device for holding a sponge or mophead with a long handle and often with an attached wringer for squeezing excess water from the mop or sponge.
n
The long handle of a mop.
v
(transitive) To scrub with a nailbrush.
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That which is scoured out or washed out.
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(slang) A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, washing windows, etc.
n
A mesh or ball of wires or fibres used to scrub pots and other cookware.
n
A brush with a short handle used to scrub pots and other cookware.
n
A T-shaped broom that can sweep or scrub large areas
n
Alternative form of push broom [A T-shaped broom that can sweep or scrub large areas]
n
Alternative form of Q-tip [Trademark for a cotton swab consisting of short, thin, flexible plastic rods with a swab of cotton wool (UK)/cotton (US) at each end; they are typically used for cleaning the ears and other hard-to-reach places.]
v
To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
n
(art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
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A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.
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A scourer in the form of a pad.
n
A flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning purposes.
n
A powdered abrasive cleaner.
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(dialect) A mop for sweeping ovens.
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A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
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(colloquial) A nurse that handles instruments to the surgeon during an operation.
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(historical) A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
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A short brush with stiff bristles, held in the hand, used for scrubbing floors etc.
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A washboard for scrubbing laundry or as an informal musical instrument
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A thorough scrubbing in order to clean something.
v
To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
n
Synonym of shaving stick
n
A small brush used to create a lather from shaving cream or shaving soap and apply it to the face or other area before shaving
n
a brush used to apply shoe polish to shoes, work the polish in and bring up a shine.
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Alternative form of shoe brush [a brush used to apply shoe polish to shoes, work the polish in and bring up a shine.]
n
A brush for grooming a cat and removing loose fur.
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A brush for dislodging accumulated snow.
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A small pad of steel wool impregnated with powdered detergent.
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A device for sponging cloth by means of a perforated adjustable cylinder.
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(cosmetics) A small brush with broad bristles, used to remove clumps of mascara etc.
n
(cosmetics, informal) A spool brush.
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Alternative form of spool brush [(cosmetics) A small brush with broad bristles, used to remove clumps of mascara etc.]
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A mop with a sponge at right angles to a handle, which is used for mopping floors and by use of a second levered arm may be squeezed out into a standard bucket with no grating or grill as required for a conventional mop.
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A brush with a spongy circle of soft bristles.
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Alternative form of strickle [A rod used to level grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.]
n
A vacuum cleaner, especially a small one for specialised usage
n
A baker's implement for cleaning ovens.
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A grooming tool used to remove sweat from horses or to remove excess water after bathing a horse.
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(historical) One who scrapes a little gold or silver from the sweepings of refineries.
v
(transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
v
(dated) Synonym of tar with the same brush
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Alternative spelling of tarbrush [A brush used for applying tar]
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A brush used for applying tar
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(nonstandard or humorous) Alternative form of toothbrush [A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.]
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(UK, obsolete) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
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A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
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A brush used to clean a toilet (the appliance which accepts human waste).
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The action of opening wine bottles with port tongs by superheating the glass with the heated tongs, and then rapidly cooling the glass neck by applying a cold substance, thereby fracturing the glass neck open through heat stress.
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A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
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One who brushes the teeth.
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a toothbrush; bristly.
adj
(informal) Smeared or covered with toothpaste.
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A domestic or industrial mobile machine for cleaning floors and similar surfaces that draws dust and other particles into a container (a cyclonic type bin, or a filter bag) by the suction created by an electric motor driving a fan.
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A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
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A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
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A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.
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A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
v
To scrub with a wire brush.
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Alternative form of wire brush [A brush that has bristles made of wire; used as an abrasive and on masonry etc.]
n
Alternative form of wire brush [A brush that has bristles made of wire; used as an abrasive and on masonry etc.]
n
A whisk, or small broom.
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