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baton.noun,.plural.batons
Music:.a
slender
wooden stick or rod used by a conductor
to direct an orchestra
or band; a hollow metal rod with a heavy rubber tip or tips that is wielded
and twirled by a drum major or
drum majorette; in sports, the hollow.cylinder
that is carried by each member of a relay team and passed to the next runner;
a club
or truncheon
brisk, brisker,
briskest.adjectives
marked
by speed, liveliness and vigor;
energetic
(had a brisk walk in the park); nimble;
keen
or sharp
in speech or manner
(a brisk greeting); stimulating
and invigorating;
someone who is brisk behaves in a busy,
confident
way which shows that they want to get things done quickly (her clothes
and manner are always like a brisk wind); if the weather is brisk, it is
cold and fresh (the breeze was cool, brisk and invigorating); pleasantly.zestful
(hibiscus is a healthful brisk
tea made from hibiscus flowers); if trade or business is brisk, things
are being sold very quickly and a lot of money is being made (vendors were
doing a brisk trade in souvenirs)
briskly.adverb
briskness.noun
brisket.noun,.plural.briskets
the chest of an animal; the ribs and meat taken
from the chest of an animal
brachiopod.noun,.plural.brachiopods
a marine.invertebrate
of the phylum
Brachiopoda, having a pair of tentacled,
armlike structures
that are used to sweep.minute
food particles
into the mouth
brier.also.briar.noun,.plural.briers
any of several prickly plants, such as certain
rosebushes or the greenbrier
briery.adjective
brush.noun,.plural.brushes
a dense
growth of bushes
or shrubs;
brush is an area of rough open land
covered with small bushes and trees; you also use brush to refer
to the bushes and trees on this land (the brush fire that destroyed nearly
500 acres; a meadow
of low brush and grass); land covered by such a growth; cut or broken branches
brushy
brush.noun,.plural.brushes
a brush is an object
which has a large number of bristles
or hairs fastened into a handle;
you use brushes for painting, for cleaning things and for
tidying
your hair (we gave him paint and brushes; stains
are removed with buckets of soapy water and scrubbing brushes); brushes
are used in scrubbing, polishing or
painting; the act of using this
device;
a sliding connection completing a circuit
between a fixed and a moving conductor;
a snub; a brushoff
brush,
brushed,
brushing,
brushes.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
clean, polish or groom with a brush; if you brush something or brush something
such as dirt off it, you clean it or tidy it using a brush (have you brushed
your teeth?; she brushed the powder out of her hair; using a small brush,
he brushed away the fine sawdust); to apply
with or as if with motions of
a brush
intransitive
verb use.to
use or apply a brush
brush,
brushed,
brushing,
brushes.verbs
to dismiss.abruptly
or curtly (brushed the matter
aside; brushed off an insult);
to remove with or as if with motions
of a brush
intransitive verb use.to
brush beside (she swept the sidewalk with the broom to brush aside the
debris
after the rain storm)
brush up.phrasal
verb
to refresh one's memory;
to renew a skill
brushy.adjective
brusher.noun,.plural.brushers
brush,
brushed,
brushing,
brushes.verbs
intransitive verb use.if
one thing brushes against another or if you brush one thing against another,
the first thing touches the second thing lightly while passing it (I recognized
him, but he brushed beside me in the crowd as he seemed
to be in a hurry); transitive
verb use.to
move past something so as to touch it lightly (a brush with the law); to
touch lightly in passing; graze
against (something brushed against her leg; I felt her brown hair brushing
the back of my shoulder)
ban,
banned,
banning,
bans.transitive
verbs
to prohibit;
forbid
ban.noun,.plural.bans
censure,
condemnation
or disapproval; a curse; an imprecation;
a unit of currency in Romania
brass tacks.plural.noun
the essential.facts;
the basics (he had to get down to
brass tacks and deal with things
going on in his life; just tell me the brass tacks without all the fluff)
brass.noun,.plural.brasses
a yellowish alloy
of copper and zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other metals,
but usually 67 percent copper and 33 percent zinc; the section of a band
or an orchestra composed of brass instruments; brass instruments or their
players considered as a group; a
bushing
or similar lining for a bearing,
made from a copper alloy; bold.self-assurance;
effrontery
brass.adjective
bronze.noun,.plural.bronzes
any of various.alloys
of copper and tin in various proportions,
sometimes with traces
of other metals; any of various alloys of copper, with or without tin and
antimony,
phosphorus
or other components; a work of art made of one of these alloys (bronzed
the baby's first shows); bronze color is a moderate yellowish to olive
brown
bronze.adjective
made of or consisting
of bronze
bronze,
bronzed,
bronzing,
bronzes.transitive
verbs
bronzer.noun,.plural.bronzers
bronzy.adjective
bronchus.noun,.plural.bronchi
either
of two main branches of the trachea,
leading directly to the lungs; the windpipe
bronchitis.noun
chronic
or acute.inflammation
of the mucous membrane
of the bronchial tubes in the chest
bronchitic.adjective
bronchial.adjective
of.or.relating.to
the bronchi
bronchially.adverb
bronchial asthma.noun
asthma
that is caused by spasmodic.contraction
of the muscular walls of the bronchial tubes
bunch.noun,.plural.bunches
a group
of things growing close together; a cluster
or clump (a bunch of grapes; grass
growing in bunches). a group of like.items
or individuals gathered or placed together (a bunch of keys on a ring;
people standing around in bunches); a considerable
number or amount; a lot (a whole
bunch of food)
bunch,
bunched,
bunching,
bunches.verbs
transitive verb use.to
gather or form into a cluster (bunched her fingers into a fist);
to gather together into a group
intransitive verb use.to
form a cluster or group (runners bunching up at the starting line); to
be gathered together in folds, as fabric
bunchy.adjective
bunchiness.noun
bunkhouse.noun,.plural.bunkhouses
a building.providing
sleeping quarters on a ranch or
in a camp
bunk.noun,.plural.bunks
a narrow bed built like a shelf into or against
a wall, as in a ship's cabin; a bunk bed; a place for sleeping
bunk, bunked,
bunking,
bunks.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
sleep in a bunk or bed; to stay the night; sleep (bunk over at a friend's
house); to go to bed (bunked down early)
transitive verb use.to
provide with sleeping quarters
bunk.noun
empty talk; nonsense
brokerage.noun,.plural.brokerages
the business
of a broker; a fee or commission
paid to a broker; a firm.engaged
in buying and selling stocks
and bonds for clients;
a stockbroker
broker.noun,.plural.brokers
one that acts as an agent
for others, as in negotiating.contracts,
purchases or sales in return for a fee
or commission; a stockbroker;
a power broker (he sells electricity to other cities)
broker,
brokered,
brokering,
brokers.transitive
verbs
to arrange or manage as
a broker (broker an agreement)
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