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brush-down

brush-down noun: the act of brushing down (a person, animal or object).

Noun

brush-down (plural brush-downs)

  1. The act of brushing down (a person, animal or object).
    • Give me a brush-down, would you? Have I got any twigs in my hair? Are you sure? Then good-bye, my love, good-bye!'1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 3
    • Together, the two young men fed and watered their mounts, gave them quick brush-downs and chatted happily the whole time.2006, Clara Miller, The Reluctant Heretic, Virtualbookworm.com Publishing

Forms of brush-down

pluralbrush-downs

Questions about brush-down

What does brush-down mean?
Brush-down means the act of brushing down (a person, animal or object).
What part of speech is brush-down?
Brush-down is a noun.
What is the plural of brush-down?
The plural of brush-down is brush-downs.

Words near brush-down in the dictionary

  1. brush warblers
  2. brush wheel
  3. brush wheels
  4. brush wolf
  5. brush wolves
  6. brush-down
  7. brush-downs
  8. brush-fire
  9. brush-fires
  10. brush-footed butterflies
  11. brush-footed butterfly

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