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Detailed Synonyms for brush up in English

brush up:

to brush up verb (brushes up, brushed up, brushing up)

  1. to brush up
    to smudge; to brush up; to strike; to shine up
    • smudge verb (smudges, smudged, smudging)
    • brush up verb (brushes up, brushed up, brushing up)
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
    • shine up verb (shines up, shined up, shining up)
    to polish
    – make (a surface) shine 1
    • polish verb (polishes, polished, polishing)
      • polish my shoes1
  2. to brush up
    to buff; to brush up; to spruce up; to doll up; to trick up; rub smooth
    • buff verb (buffs, buffed, buffing)
    • brush up verb (brushes up, brushed up, brushing up)
    • spruce up verb (spruces up, spruced up, sprucing up)
    • doll up verb (dolls up, dolled up, dolling up)
    • trick up verb (tricks up, tricked up, tricking up)
    • rub smooth verb
    to polish
    – bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state 1
    • polish verb (polishes, polished, polishing)
      • polish your social manners1
  3. to brush up
    – bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state 1
    to round; to polish; to round off; to brush up; polish up
    – bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state 1
    • round verb (rounds, rounded, rounding)
    • polish verb (polishes, polished, polishing)
      • polish your social manners1
    • round off verb (rounds off, rounded off, rounding off)
    • brush up verb (brushes up, brushed up, brushing up)
    • polish up verb
  4. to brush up
    – refresh one's memory 1
    to review; to refresh; to brush up
    – refresh one's memory 1
    • review verb (reviews, reviewed, reviewing)
      • I reviewed the material before the test1
    • refresh verb (refreshs, refreshed, refreshing)
    • brush up verb (brushes up, brushed up, brushing up)

Conjugations for brush up:

present
  1. brush up
  2. brush up
  3. brushes up
  4. brush up
  5. brush up
  6. brush up
simple past
  1. brushed up
  2. brushed up
  3. brushed up
  4. brushed up
  5. brushed up
  6. brushed up
present perfect
  1. have brushed up
  2. have brushed up
  3. has brushed up
  4. have brushed up
  5. have brushed up
  6. have brushed up
past continuous
  1. was brushing up
  2. were brushing up
  3. was brushing up
  4. were brushing up
  5. were brushing up
  6. were brushing up
future
  1. shall brush up
  2. will brush up
  3. will brush up
  4. shall brush up
  5. will brush up
  6. will brush up
continuous present
  1. am brushing up
  2. are brushing up
  3. is brushing up
  4. are brushing up
  5. are brushing up
  6. are brushing up
subjunctive
  1. be brushed up
  2. be brushed up
  3. be brushed up
  4. be brushed up
  5. be brushed up
  6. be brushed up
diverse
  1. brush up!
  2. let's brush up!
  3. brushed up
  4. brushing up
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "brush up":


Related Definitions for "brush up":

  1. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state1
  2. refresh one's memory1

Related Synonyms for brush up