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BRUSH ON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brush on mean?
• BRUSH ON (verb)
The verb BRUSH ON has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BRUSH ON used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Apply with a brush
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Brush butter on the roast
Hypernyms (to "brush on" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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