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Brisking
- verb - become brisk; "business brisked up"
Brisling
- noun - small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
- small herring processed like a sardine
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"
Crashing
- verb - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
- break violently or noisily; smash;
- cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
- enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"
- fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
- hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
- make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
- move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
- move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
- occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
- sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though
Cresting
- verb - lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains"
- reach a high point; "The river crested last night"
Crisping
- verb - make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
Crossing
- verb - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
- fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- meet and pass; "the trains crossed"
- meet at a point
- to cover or exte
Crushing
- verb - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
- break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
- crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
- make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
- physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection";
Crusting
- verb - form a crust or form into a crust; "The bread crusted in the oven"
Dressing
- verb - a cloth covering for a wound or sore
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds"
- arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"
- arrange in ranks; "dress troops"
- convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins"
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
- dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"
- kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey"
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure