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Detailed Synonyms for brush up in English

brush up:

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

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