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adj. - Resembling a device composed of bristles set into a back or a handle or attached to a roller and designed or adapted for such uses as sweeping, scrubbing, painting, and smoothing

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  • brushlike blue blooms
  • Noun : He has already had one brush with the law. ,a brush with disaster
  • Verb (used with object) : His lips brushed her ear. ,His hand brushed a speck of lint from his coat
  • Seaweed sprouted pro - fusely, reaching for the surface, forming brushlike patches.
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