brushes
Definitions
Noun
- A dense growth of bushes
- An implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- Momentary contact
- Conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- A bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- A minor short-term fight
- The act of brushing your teeth
- The act of brushing your hair
- Contact with something dangerous or undesirable
Verb
- Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
- Touch lightly and briefly
- Clean with a brush
- Sweep across or over
- Remove with or as if with a brush
- Cover by brushing
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "brushes".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brushes | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | paintbrushes | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | toothbrushes | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "brushes".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | benches | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | abuses | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | breezes | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | obsesses | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | biases | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | brace's | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | burns's | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | barrages | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | beers's | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | benz's | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | benzes | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | binges | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | blazes | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | blesses | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | bounces | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | bourse's | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | bourses | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | brasses | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | breaches | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | bridge's | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | broaches | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | bruges | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | brydges | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | bulges | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | burriss | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | obliges | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "brushes".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush | 1 | 44 |
| 2 | brushed | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | bushes | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | bruises | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | buses | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | bushels | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | rushes | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | blushes | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | crushers | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | brunches | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | ambushes | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | crushes | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | ruses | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | bruss | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | bruse | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | brushfires | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | thrushes | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | brutsche | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | brashers | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ushers | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "brushes" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "brushes" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "brushes" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "brushes".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 15
Fragments: 3
Sound Alikes: 26
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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