Phrase Hound found 54 phrases and 35 compound words that contain brushes. The most common are listed below. Open brushes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 54
- hair-brushesplural of hair-brush: A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
- paint brushesplural of paint brush: A thin brush for applying paint.
- air-brushesplural of air-brush: A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
- bath-brushesplural of bath-brush: A waterproof brush designed for personal hygiene in the bath or shower.
- bean-brushesplural of bean-brush: The stubble of a bean.
- bottle brushesplural of bottle brush: A brush, having bristles that radiate from a central stem, used for cleaning bottles.
- broad-brushesthird-person singular simple present indicative of broad-brush: General and sweeping in scope but lacking detail.
- brushes asidethird-person singular simple present indicative of brush aside: To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
- brushes backthird-person singular simple present indicative of brush back: To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
- brushes downthird-person singular simple present indicative of brush down: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
- brushes offthird-person singular simple present indicative of brush off: To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
- brushes outthird-person singular simple present indicative of brush out: To clean a form using lye or turpentine.
- brushes overthird-person singular simple present indicative of brush over: To barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something).
- brushes pastthird-person singular simple present indicative of brush past: To go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact.
- brushes upthird-person singular simple present indicative of brush up: To paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
- clothes-brushesplural of clothes-brush: A type of brush designed for dusting and tidying (especially formal) clothes.
- finger brushesplural of finger brush: A specialized, often small, brush used in bookbinding and conservation to apply sizing or adhesives to book covers, particularly on leather or cloth, before gilding or finishing.
- flesh brushesplural of flesh brush: A brush for rubbing the skin to stimulate the circulation.
- gun brushesplural of gun brush: A cleaning tool designed to remove fouling, debris, and residue from a firearm.
- lens brushesplural of lens brush: a small brush used to clean dust off camera lenses.
- sage brushesplural of sage brush: Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.
- scratch brushesplural of scratch brush: A sturdy wire brush used for cleaning iron, silver and other metals.
- shoe brushesplural of shoe brush: A brush used to apply shoe polish to shoes, work the polish in and bring up a shine.
- tar-brushesplural of tar-brush: A brush used for applying tar.
- toilet brushesplural of toilet brush: A brush used to clean a toilet (the appliance which accepts human waste).
Compound words 35
- toothbrushesplural of toothbrush: A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
- airbrushesplural of airbrush: A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
- paintbrushesplural of paintbrush: A thin brush for applying paint.
- hairbrushesplural of hairbrush: A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
- bathbrushesplural of bathbrush: A waterproof brush designed for personal hygiene in the bath or shower.
- beebrushesplural of beebrush: Any of the genus Aloysia of flowering plants in the verbena family.
- bitterbrushesplural of bitterbrush: Any member of the genus Purshia of flowering shrubs, native to western North America.
- blackbrushesplural of blackbrush: A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
- bottlebrushesplural of bottlebrush: A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
- buckbrushesplural of buckbrush: Any of various North American shrubs that deer feed on: