Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to brush sb off
Participle: brushed sb off
Gerund: brushing sb off
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | brush sb off |
| you | brush sb off |
| he;she;it | brushes sb off |
| we | brush sb off |
| you | brush sb off |
| they | brush sb off |
Perfect
| I | have brushed sb off |
| you | have brushed sb off |
| he;she;it | has brushed sb off |
| we | have brushed sb off |
| you | have brushed sb off |
| they | have brushed sb off |
Past
| I | brushed sb off |
| you | brushed sb off |
| he;she;it | brushed sb off |
| we | brushed sb off |
| you | brushed sb off |
| they | brushed sb off |
Pluperfect
| I | had brushed sb off |
| you | had brushed sb off |
| he;she;it | had brushed sb off |
| we | had brushed sb off |
| you | had brushed sb off |
| they | had brushed sb off |
Future
| I | will brush sb off |
| you | will brush sb off |
| he;she;it | will brush sb off |
| we | will brush sb off |
| you | will brush sb off |
| they | will brush sb off |
Future Perfect
| I | will have brushed sb off |
| you | will have brushed sb off |
| he;she;it | will have brushed sb off |
| we | will have brushed sb off |
| you | will have brushed sb off |
| they | will have brushed sb off |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | brush sb off |
| you | brush sb off |
| he;she;it | brush sb off |
| we | brush sb off |
| you | brush sb off |
| they | brush sb off |
Perfect
| I | have brushed sb off |
| you | have brushed sb off |
| he;she;it | have brushed sb off |
| we | have brushed sb off |
| you | have brushed sb off |
| they | have brushed sb off |
Imperfect
| I | brushed sb off |
| you | brushed sb off |
| he;she;it | brushed sb off |
| we | brushed sb off |
| you | brushed sb off |
| they | brushed sb off |
Pluperfect
| I | had brushed sb off |
| you | had brushed sb off |
| he;she;it | had brushed sb off |
| we | had brushed sb off |
| you | had brushed sb off |
| they | had brushed sb off |
Conditional
Present
| I | would brush sb off |
| you | would brush sb off |
| he;she;it | would brush sb off |
| we | would brush sb off |
| you | would brush sb off |
| they | would brush sb off |
Perfect
| I | would have brushed sb off |
| you | would have brushed sb off |
| he;she;it | would have brushed sb off |
| we | would have brushed sb off |
| you | would have brushed sb off |
| they | would have brushed sb off |
Imperative
| you | brush sb off |
| we | Let's brush sb off |
| you | brush sb off |
Verbs conjugated like 'brush'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'brush'
blush,
brash,
bush,
crush,
frush,
rush,
bash,
blesh,
bosh,
bouse,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ aside somebody,
~ aside something,
~ somebody aside,
~ something aside,
~ by somebody,
~ down somebody,
~ down something,
~ off somebody,
~ off something,
~ somebody down,
~ somebody off,
~ something down,
~ something off,
~ up (on) something,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
4. Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís
5. Proto-Germanic *burstiz
6. Frankish *burstibor.
7. Vulgar Latin *brustia
8. Old French broissebor.
9. Middle English brusshe
10. English brush
11. From Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse), from Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or also Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusgo-.
Verbs referencing "brush"
Bislama bras, Scots Gaelic
bruis.
Sample Sentences
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[...] by constant spilling, to a teaspoonful. To complete the group, it is necessary to recognise in this disconcerted dodger, an individual very pale from sea-sickness, who had shaved his beard and brushed his hair, last, at Liverpool: and whose only article of dress (linen not included ) were a pair of dreadnought trousers; a blue jacket, formerly admired upon the Thames at Richmond; no stockings; [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night. He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed. The [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf. Sam, with frantic ejaculations, made a dive at the reins, but only succeeded in brushing the blazing palm-leaf afore-named into the horse's eyes, which by no means tended to allay the confusion of his nerves. So, with great vehemence, he overturned Sam, and, giving two or three [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] in each eye, two in his cocked ears, two more in his turned-up nose and chin, at least half a dozen more about the corners of his mouth, and the largest one of all in his hair, which was brushed pertly off his forehead in a flaxen clump. Every button in his clothes said, ‘Eh ? What’s that? Did you speak ? Say that again, will you ? ’ He was always wide awake, like the enchanted bride [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ I want you to brush your hair all back straight, tomorrow, ” said Susan.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] decidedly bettered by being knocked down. If a man lays them fairly flat in the dust, they seem immediately to conceive a respect for him; and Legree was one of this sort. As he rose, therefore, and brushed the dust from his clothes, he eyed the slowly-retreating wagon with some evident consideration; nor did he open his mouth till it was out of sight.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)