Synonyms of the word brushup


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brushup

  • n. Alternative form of brush-up.

drill

  • v. (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
  • v. (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
  • v. (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
  • v. (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
  • v. (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level.
  • v. (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
  • v. (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
  • v. (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
  • v. (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
  • n. A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into…
  • n. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
  • n. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds…
  • n. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
  • n. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
  • n. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation…
  • n. (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
  • n. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that…
  • n. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but…
  • n. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

exercise

  • n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
  • n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
  • n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
  • n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
  • n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
  • v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
  • v. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
  • v. (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful…
  • v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

practice

  • n. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
  • n. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
  • n. (uncountable) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
  • n. (countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
  • n. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
  • n. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
  • n. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
  • n. (law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various…
  • n. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
  • n. (mathematics) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in…
  • v. US spelling of practise.

recitation

  • n. The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
  • n. The material recited.
  • n. A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel…

review

  • n. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
  • n. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
  • n. (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
  • n. A stage show made up of sketches etc.
  • n. A survey of the available items or material.
  • n. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
  • n. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
  • n. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
  • v. To survey; to look broadly over.
  • v. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
  • v. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
  • v. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
  • v. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.

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