📖 Definitions of "Brush up"
verb
- 1
To paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
- 2
To review; to improve an existing but rusty or underdeveloped skill.
"I'll need to brush up (on) my Greek before my trip to Athens."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Brush up"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| polish upverb | (figurative) To hone (one's skills). |
| round offverb | (mathematics, transitive, intransitive) To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits. |
| roundnoun | (physical) Of shape: |
| refreshverb | (computing, ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes. |
| reviewnoun | An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work. |
| polishnoun | Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language. |
| freshenverb | (intransitive) To become fresh. |
| paintnoun | A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. |
| rub upverb | (transitive) To polish or scrub; to cover (something with a substance) by rubbing. |
| rebrushverb | (transitive) To brush again. |
| burnishnoun | (countable) A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish. |
| spruce upverb | (idiomatic) To refresh, revamp; to freshen or improve something, especially its appearance. |
| repaintnoun | The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted. |
| freshen upverb | (intransitive or reflexive) To wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractive. |
| touch upverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect. |
| airbrushnoun | A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs. |
| bepaintverb | (transitive) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint. |
| impaintverb | (obsolete, transitive, figurative) To paint; to decorate with colours. |
| sprucen upverb | Synonym of spruce up. |
| brightenverb | (transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven |
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