Brush and Cover

Brush

Brush verb - Cover by brushing.

Usage example: brush the bread with melted butter

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Cover and brush are semantically related in coat topic. In some cases you can use "Cover" instead the word "Brush" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like scrappy bushes.

Nearby Words: brushed, brushing, brushy

Cover

Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Brush and cover are semantically related in undergrowth topic. Sometimes you can use "Brush" instead the word "Cover" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Mutual synonyms

covert

How words are described

good	good brush	good cover
light	light brush	light cover
single	single brush	single cover
bad	bad brush	bad cover
Other adjectives: black, dark, final, recent.

Common collocations

hair	brush hair	cover hair
mouth	brush mouth	cover mouth
surface	brush surface	cover surface
eyes	brush eyes	cover eyes
Other words: legs, walls.

Both words in one sentence

In the video "Troy Shaves His Face," by You Tuber troyhasacamera, creator of Marble Hornets, Troy takes the shaving cream, sniffs the brush, tastes it, and proceeds to cover his whole face in it.

Source: Sniff Sniff Nom
When Celestia crashes the resurrection ceremony, she uses her magic to brush the cloud cover away "like froth from a cup of hot cocoa."Pemberton: A humorous analogy given the context of the story thus far.

Source: Fanfic / Past Sins MST
Further, Isara's death occurs when Welkin apparently thought it was cool to have the army camp out in an open field for tank repairs without cover, or even posting watch, and Alicia attempts suicide because Welkin gave her the brush-off when she came to him, in tears, for support.

Source: Informed Ability / Video Games

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