Breasted
(imp. & p. p.) of Breast |
Breasted
(a.) Having a breast |
Brush
(n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use |
Brush
(n.) The bushy tail of a fox. |
Brush
(n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles. |
Brush
(n.) Branches of trees lopped off |
Brush
(n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees |
Brush
(n.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus. |
Brush
(n.) The act of brushing |
Brush
(n.) A skirmish |
Brush
(n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed. |
Brush
(n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use |
Brush
(n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. |
Brush
(n.) To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind |
Brush
(v. i.) To move nimbly in haste |
Brush turkey
() A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea. |
Brush wheel
() A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
Brush wheel
() A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
Chicken-breasted
(a.) Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column. |
Double-breasted
(a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side |
Finch
(n.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae. |
Pigeon-breasted
(a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity |
Plain
(v. i.) To lament |
Plain
(v. t.) To lament |
Plain
(superl.) Without elevations or depressions |
Plain
(superl.) Open |
Plain
(superl.) Not intricate or difficult |
Plain
(superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament |
Plain
(superl.) Not highly cultivated |
Plain
(superl.) Free from affectation or disguise |
Plain
(superl.) Not luxurious |
Plain
(superl.) Without beauty |
Plain
(superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured |
Plain
(superl.) Not much varied by modulations |
Plain
(adv.) In a plain manner |
Plain
(a.) Level land |
Plain
(a.) A field of battle. |
Plain
(v.) To plane or level |
Plain
(v.) To make plain or manifest |
Plain-dealing
(a.) Practicing plain dealing |
Plain-hearted
(a.) Frank |
Plain-laid
(a.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way |
Plain-spoken
(a.) Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity |
Single-breasted
(a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only |
Sweet-breasted
(a.) Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6. |
Vida finch
() The whidah bird. |
Whydah finch
() The whidah bird. |
| brush | contact with something dangerous or undesirable, I had a brush with danger on my way to work, he tried to avoid any brushes with the police |
| brush-off | a curt or disdainful rejection |
| brush brushing | the act of brushing your hair, he gave his hair a quick brush |
plain sailing
clear sailing
easy going | easy unobstructed progress, after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing |
| brush brushing | the act of brushing your teeth, the dentist recommended two brushes a day |
brush
clash
encounter
skirmish | a minor short-term fight |
| finch | any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds |
pine siskin
pine finch
Spinus pinus | small finch of North American coniferous forests |
house finch
linnet Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
purple finch
Carpodacus purpureus | North American finch having a raspberryed head and breast and rump |
vesper sparrow
grass finch Pooecetes gramineus | common North American finch noted for its evening song |
indigo bunting
indigo finch
indigo bird
Passerina cyanea | small deep blue North American bunting |
yellow-breasted bunting
Emberiza aureola | common in Russia and Siberia |
weaver
weaverbird
weaver finch | finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |
Java sparrow
Java finch
ricebird Padda oryzivora | small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields |
| grassfinch grass finch | usually brightlyolored Australian weaverbirds, often kept as cage birds |
zebra finch
Poephila castanotis | small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's |
yellow-breasted chat
Icteria virens | American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds |
red-breasted nuthatch
Sitta canadensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast, of northern coniferous forests |
white-breasted nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
brush turkey
Alectura lathami | black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea |
red-breasted sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius ruber | western North American sapsucker |
red-breasted merganser
Mergus serrator | widely distributed merganser of America and Europe |
wallaby
brush kangaroo | any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos, often brightly colored |
brush-tailed phalanger
Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
plain turkey
Choriotis australis | popular Australian game bird |
plain wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus | small Australian bird related to the button quail, classified as wading bird but inhabits plains |
red-breasted snipe
Limnodromus scolopaceus | a dowitcher with a red breast |
coyote
prairie wolf
brush wolf
Canis latrans | small wolf native to western North America |
| brush | a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) |
nymphalid
nymphalid butterfly
brush-footed butterfly
four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
brush-tailed porcupine
brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
| bristle brush | a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant |
| brush | an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle |
| brush | conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor |
civilian clothing
civilian dress
civilian garb
plain clothes | ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc. |
| double-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons |
| double-breasted suit | a suit with a double-breasted jacket |
knit knit stitch
plain
plain stitch | a basic knitting stitch |
plain weave
taffeta weave | a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect |
rigger
rigger brush | a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists |
sable sable brush
sable's hair pencil | an artist's brush made of sable hairs |
scrub brush
scrubbing brush
scrubber | a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning |
| shaving brush | a brush used to apply lather prior to shaving |
| single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
| single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
| brush cut | a short haircut with hairs standing up like a brush |
| brush fire | an uncontrolled fire that consumes brush and shrubs and bushes |
brush
light touch | momentary contact |
| plain flour | flour that does not contain a raising agent |