Words that rhyme with outrush

  • blush
    n 1: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness] 2: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) [syn: blush, flush] v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: blush, crimson, flush, redden] 2: become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air"
  • brush
    n 1: a dense growth of bushes [syn: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket] 2: an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle 3: momentary contact [syn: brush, light touch] 4: conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor 5: a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) 6: a minor short-term fight [syn: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish] 7: the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day" [syn: brush, brushing] 8: the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush" [syn: brush, brushing] 9: contact with something dangerous or undesirable; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police" v 1: rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" 2: touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" 3: clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet" 4: sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" [syn: brush, sweep] 5: remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections" 6: cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
  • bulrush
    n 1: tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa [syn: cat's-tail, bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, Typha latifolia] 2: tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America [syn: bulrush, bullrush, common rush, soft rush, Juncus effusus]
  • crush
    n 1: leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated [syn: crushed leather, crush] 2: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press] 3: temporary love of an adolescent [syn: puppy love, calf love, crush, infatuation] 4: the act of crushing [syn: crush, crunch, compaction] v 1: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" [syn: oppress, suppress, crush] 2: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze] 3: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish] 4: break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" 5: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" [syn: crush, smash, demolish] 6: crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: jam, crush] 7: make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" [syn: break down, crush] 8: become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
  • inrush
    n 1: an inflow; "an inpouring of spiritual comfort" [syn: inpouring, inpour, inrush]
  • nailbrush
    n 1: a brush used to clean a person's fingernails
  • onrush
    n 1: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [syn: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush] 2: a forceful forward rush or flow; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts"
  • sagebrush
    n 1: any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium [syn: sagebrush, sage brush]
  • underbrush
    n 1: the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest [syn: underbrush, undergrowth, underwood]
  • midrash
    n 1: (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text
  • woodrush
  • ablush