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blush
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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"
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brush
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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"
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bulrush
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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]
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crush
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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"
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inrush
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n 1: an inflow; "an inpouring of spiritual comfort" [syn:
inpouring, inpour, inrush]
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nailbrush
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n 1: a brush used to clean a person's fingernails
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onrush
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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"
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sagebrush
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n 1: any of several North American composite subshrubs of the
genera Artemis or Seriphidium [syn: sagebrush, sage
brush]
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underbrush
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n 1: the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing
beneath taller trees in a wood or forest [syn:
underbrush, undergrowth, underwood]
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midrash
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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
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woodrush
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ablush
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