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brushlike — adjective resembling a brush brushlike blue blooms • Similar to: ↑armed * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling a brush … Useful english dictionary
brushlike — adj. resembling a brush … English contemporary dictionary
brush — n. & v. n. 1 an implement with bristles, hair, wire, etc. varying in firmness set into a block or projecting from the end of a handle, for any of various purposes, esp. cleaning or scrubbing, painting, arranging the hair, etc. 2 the application… … Useful english dictionary
foxtail — /foks tayl /, n. 1. the tail of a fox. 2. any of various grasses having soft, brushlike spikes of flowers. [1375 1425; late ME; see FOX, TAIL1] * * * ▪ plant any of the weedy grasses in the genera Alopecurus and Setaria of the family Poaceae.… … Universalium
Saint Elmo's fire — /el mohz/. See St. Elmo s fire. * * * Glow accompanying the brushlike discharges of atmospheric electricity that usually appears as a tip of light on the extremities of such pointed objects as church towers or the masts of ships during stormy… … Universalium
witches'-broom — /wich iz broohm , broom /, n. Plant Pathol. an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused esp. by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes. [1865 70] * * * ▪ plant disease symptom of plant disease that occurs as an abnormal… … Universalium
psittaciform — ▪ bird Introduction any member of the group of more than 360 species of generally brightly coloured, noisy birds, to which the general name parrot may be applied. All belong to just two families. In the family Psittacidae are parakeets… … Universalium
Brush — (br[u^]sh), n. [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, b[ u]rste brush. See {Bristle}, n., and cf. {Browse}.] 1. An instrument composed of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brush wheel — 1. A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. [1913 Webster] 2. A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brushiness — Brush i*ness, n. The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
