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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:

1. apply with a brushplay

  Familiarity information: BRUSH ON used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRUSH ON (verb)


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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