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Brushing
- verb - clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
- cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
- remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
- rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
- sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
- the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush"
- the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
- touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
Bubbling
- verb - cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid"
- emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"
- expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
- form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"
- marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
- rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface"
Buckling
- verb - bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"
- fasten with a buckle or buckles
- fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
Building
- verb - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
- be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles"
- bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
- build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
- develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
- form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
- found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"
- give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
- improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"
- make by combining materials and parts; "this little
Bullring
- noun - a stadium where bullfights take place
Bullying
- verb - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
- discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
- noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others
- the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
Bumbling
- verb - lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
- walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
Bunching
- verb - form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
Buncoing
- verb - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Bundling
- verb - a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing
- compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
- make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions"
- sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
- the act of binding something into a bundle
- the act of shoving hastily; "she complained about bundling the children off to school"