Related Words for brush up

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polish
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
refresh
x/
Verb, Verb, Noun
review
x/
Noun, Noun, Verb
round
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
round off
//
Phrase, Verb
freshen
/x
Verb
freshen up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
touch up
//
Phrase, Verb
spruce up
//
Phrase, Verb
make up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
paint
/
Noun
clean up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
preen
/
Noun
clean
/
Adjective
portray
x/
Verb
beautify
/xx
Verb
tidy up
/xx
Phrase, Verb
dress up
//
Phrase, Verb
refine
x/
Verb
pretty
/x
Adjective
tidy
/x
Adjective
shape up
//
Phrase, Verb
brighten
/x
Verb
fix up
//
Phrase, Verb
work out
//
Phrase, Verb
embellish
x/x
Verb
spruce
/
Noun
make over
//x
Phrase, Verb
gloss
/
Noun
lacquer
/x
Noun
straighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
sharpen
/x
Verb
groom
/
Noun
touch
/
Noun
makeup
/x
Noun
patch up
//
Phrase, Verb
adorn
x/
Verb
kitchen
/x
Noun
posh
/
Adjective
perk
/
Noun
glam
/
Noun
bright
/
Adjective
smooth out
//
Phrase, Verb
prime
/
Noun
blanco
/x
Name
flourish
/x
Verb
work up
//
Phrase, Verb
improve on
x//
Phrase, Verb
bamboo
x/
Noun
silver
/x
Noun
chalk
/
Noun
lighten
/x
Verb
work on
//
Phrase, Verb
make good
//
Phrase, Verb
upgrade
x/
Noun
update
x/
Noun
straighten out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dress
/
Noun
shine
/
Noun
ornament
/xx
Noun
perfect
x/
Adjective
make the bed
/x/
Phrase, Verb
improve
x/
Verb
complexion
x/x
Noun
decorate
/xx
Verb
contour
/x
Noun
gild
/
Noun
hone
/
Noun
enamel
x/x
Noun
get ready
//x
Phrase, Verb
pencil
/x
Noun
get dressed
//
Phrase, Verb
polite
x/
Adjective
enhance
x/
Verb
fine
/
Adjective
beauty
/x
Noun
tune
/
Noun
clear up
//
Phrase, Verb
pick up
//
Phrase, Verb
good
/
Adjective
liven up
/xx
Phrase, Verb
whitewash
/x
Noun
blanch
/
Noun
whet
/
Verb
round out
//
Phrase, Verb
limber up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
illuminate
x/xx
Verb
batten
/x
Noun
handsome
/x
Adjective
bring to life
///
Phrase, Verb
white
/
Name
boast
/
Noun
nurture
/x
Noun
manicure
/xx
Noun
finish
/x
Noun
size
/
Noun
modernize
/xx
Verb
write up
//
Phrase, Verb
put up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
pluck up
//
Phrase, Verb
tighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
perk up
//
Phrase, Verb
enrich
x/
Verb
clarify
/xx
Verb
delineate
x/xx
Verb
sweeten
/x
Verb
crank up
/x
Phrase, Verb
bring up
//
Phrase, Verb
tweak
/
Noun
garnish
/x
Noun
straighten
/x
Verb
affine
x/
Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
anvil
/x
Noun, Verb
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
axe
/
Noun, Verb
bag
/
Noun, Verb
basket
/x
Noun, Verb
bathe
/
Verb, Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
benchmarking
/xx
Noun
bend
/
Noun, Verb
blade
/
Noun, Verb
brake
/
Noun, Verb
bristle
/x
Noun, Verb
broom
/
Noun, Verb
brushed
/
Adjective
brushwood
/x
Noun
bush
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
caress
x/
Noun, Verb
chisel
/x
Noun, Verb
clash
/
Noun, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
comb
/
Noun, Verb
conceal
x/
Verb
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
coppice
/x
Noun, Verb
copse
/
Noun, Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crease
/
Noun, Verb
crumbs
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
deny
x/
Verb
diagnostic
xx/x
Adjective, Name
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
electrode
x/x
Noun
elevator
/xxx
Noun, Verb
encounter
x/x
Noun, Verb
eraser
x/x
Noun
erection
x/x
Noun
exam
x/
Noun, Verb
exploratory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
finding
/x
Noun
flick
/
Noun, Verb
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
forest
/x
Noun, Verb
four
/
Noun
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
functioning
/xx
Noun, Adjective
gathering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
glue
/
Noun, Verb
graze
/
Verb, Noun
grip
/
Noun, Verb
grout
/
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
hairbrush
/x
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
heavenward
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
hide
/
Verb, Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hill
/
Noun, Verb
hits
/
Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
household
/x
Noun, Adjective
in the lead
xx/
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
indoors
/x
Noun, Adverb
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ink
/
Noun, Verb
internship
/xx
Noun
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
leading
/x
Adjective, Noun
lift
/
Verb, Noun
lips
/
Noun, Verb
marketing
/xx
Noun
mat
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
me
/
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outpatient
/xx
Noun, Adjective
overhaul
/xx
Noun, Verb
paintbrush
/x
Noun
paste
/
Noun, Verb
pebble
/x
Noun, Verb
pen
/
Noun, Verb
plain
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
preparatory
x/xxx
Adjective
prepared
x/
Adjective
project
/x
Noun, Verb
provide
x/
Verb
purse
/
Noun, Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
raised
/
Adjective
rake
/
Noun, Verb
risen
/x
Adjective, Noun
rope
/
Noun, Verb
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
rub
/
Verb, Noun
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
sable
/x
Noun, Adjective
sac
/
Noun, Verb
sack
/
Noun, Verb
score
/
Noun, Verb
scrap
/
Noun, Verb
screen
/
Noun, Verb
scrolled
/
Adjective
scrub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
scrub brush
//
Phrase, Noun
scrubbing brush
/x/
Phrase, Noun
sell
/
Verb, Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
shaving brush
/x/
Phrase, Noun
shingle
/x
Noun, Verb
shrub
/
Noun, Verb
site
/
Noun, Verb
skirmish
/x
Noun, Verb
sky
/
Noun, Verb
skyward
/x
Adverb, Adjective
sponge
/
Noun, Verb
spray
/
Noun, Verb
sprouted
/x
Adjective
stair
/
Noun
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
strike
/
Noun, Verb
sweep
/
Noun, Verb
swing
/
Noun, Verb
testing
/x
Noun, Adjective
thicket
/x
Noun
thread
/
Noun, Verb
tool
/
Noun, Verb
tooth
/
Noun, Verb
toothbrush
/x
Noun, Verb
towel
/x
Noun, Verb
trial
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
trim
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
underbrush
/xx
Noun, Verb
undergrowth
/xx
Noun
underwood
/xx
Name
upped
/
Verb
upward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
varnish
/x
Noun, Verb
wash
/
Verb, Noun
wick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
wipe
/
Verb, Noun
wood
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
yardstick
/x
Noun