All English words - page 732

Meanings of Brunets:

noun

A person, typically a woman, with dark brown hair.

Usage examples:

She's a gorgeous, green-eyed brunette

adjective

(of hair) dark brown.

Usage examples:

Her lustrous brunette tresses

Meanings of Brunette:

noun

A person with dark brown hair (typically used of a woman)

Usage examples:

She's a gorgeous, green-eyed brunette

adjective

A person, typically a woman, with dark brown hair.

Usage examples:

She's a gorgeous, green-eyed brunette

Meanings of Brunettes:

noun

A person, typically a woman, with dark brown hair.

Usage examples:

She's a gorgeous, green-eyed brunette

adjective

(of hair) dark brown.

Usage examples:

Her lustrous brunette tresses

Meanings of Brunfelsia:

noun

A genus of tropical american shrubs and small trees (family solanaceae), the members of which have evergreen leathery leaves and large, fragrant, tubular or bell-shaped flowers (typically purple or yellow fading to white); (also brunfelsia) any plant of this genus, especially one cultivated as an ornamental.

Meanings of Brunhild:

proper noun

(in the nibelungenlied) the wife of gunther, who instigated the murder of siegfried. in the norse versions she is a valkyrie whom sigurd (the counterpart of siegfried) wins by penetrating the wall of fire behind which she lies in an enchanted sleep.

Meanings of Brunneous:

adjective

Of a dark brown colour.

Meanings of Brunonian:

adjective

Designating a theory of medicine according to which diseases are believed to arise from deficiency or excess of nervous excitement, and hence to be curable with stimulant or sedative drugs and therapies.

noun

An advocate of the brunonian theory of medicine.

Meanings of Brunswick:

proper noun

A former duchy and state of germany, mostly incorporated into lower saxony.

Meanings of Brunt:

noun

The worst part or chief impact of a specified action.

Usage examples:

Education will bear the brunt of the cuts

Meanings of Brush:

noun

An implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair.

Usage examples:

A shaving brush

verb

Remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing.

Usage examples:

We'll be able to brush the mud off easily

Meanings of Brush aside:

idiom

Bar from attention or consideration

phrasal verb

Dismiss something as being unimportant or not worth consideration; disregard something.

Usage examples:

He brushed aside attacks on his policies

Meanings of Brush-a:

phrase

A situation in which you experience something, or almost experience something, especially something unpleasant

Usage examples:

Have a brush with death jim had a brush with death (= was nearly killed) on the motorway., brush wi…

Meanings of Brush-against:

collocation

To touch someone or something quickly and lightly

Usage examples:

Charlotte brushed against him as she left the room., she heard footsteps behind her and jumped when…

Meanings of Brush-off:

phrasal verb

Bar from attention or consideration

Meanings of Brush-up:

phrasal verb

Refresh one's memory

Meanings of Brushback:

noun

A pitch aimed close to the body so that the batter must step back to avoid it.

Usage examples:

One of adcock's more memorable eruptions after a brushback pitch was to chase a terrified pitcher r…

Meanings of Brushed:

adjective

(of fabric) having a soft raised nap.

Usage examples:

Brushed cotton

verb

Remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing.

Usage examples:

We'll be able to brush the mud off easily

Meanings of Brushes:

noun

An implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair.

Usage examples:

A shaving brush

verb

Remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing.

Usage examples:

We'll be able to brush the mud off easily

Meanings of Brushing:

verb

Remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing.

Usage examples:

We'll be able to brush the mud off easily

noun

An implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair.

Usage examples:

A shaving brush

Meanings of Brushless:

adjective

Lacking a brush.

Usage examples:

A brushless motor

Meanings of Brushoff:

noun

A rejection or dismissal of someone by treating them as unimportant.

Usage examples:

He's given her the brush-off

Meanings of Brushoffs:

noun

A rejection or dismissal of someone by treating them as unimportant.

Usage examples:

He's given her the brush-off

Meanings of Brushwood:

noun

Undergrowth, twigs, and small branches.

Usage examples:

Its name is thought to mean the rough ground covered with brushwood and undergrowth.

Meanings of Brushwork:

noun

The way in which a painter uses their brush, as evident in their paintings.

Usage examples:

Canvases characterized by lively, flowing brushwork

Meanings of Brushy:

adjective

Covered in or consisting of brushwood.

Usage examples:

A brushy hillside