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Bruited
- verb - tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
- the act of listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis.
Brushed
- verb - (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics"
- (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush; "with shining hair neatly brushed"; "the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet"
- 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"
- touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
- touched lightly in passing; grazed against; "of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one"
Brusher
- - One who, or that which, brushes.
Brushes
- noun - a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- a dense growth of bushes
- a minor short-term fight
- an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
- conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- 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"
- cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
- momentary contact
- 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
Bryales
- noun - category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space
Crabbed
- verb - annoyed and irritable
- complain; "What was he hollering about?"
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- fish for crab
- of writing, hard to read or understand
- scurry sideways like a crab
Cracked
- verb -
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
- break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"
- cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband barmy"
- make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"
- make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
- of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
- pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
Cracker
- noun - a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
- a poor White person in the southern United States
- a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"
- a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
Cradled
- verb - bring up from infancy
- cut grain with a cradle scythe
- hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
- run with the stick
- wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"