--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 51 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/51/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 51 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Like a brother, or showing the kindness and loyalty that brothers owe each other.[↗](../../brotherly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Tyre, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they delivered up a whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant.[↗](../../brotherly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.1.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brotherly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **broughtest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «broughtest» means «you brought», a form of «bring»: To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school».[↗](../../broughtest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Moses said unto the LORD: 'When the Egyptians shall hear — for Thou broughtest up this people in Thy might from among them —[↗](../../broughtest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.13, JPS 1917) · And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have dealt corruptly;[↗](../../broughtest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.7, JPS 1917) **brow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your brow is your forehead, the part of your face above your eyes.[↗](../../brow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A brow is an eyebrow: «She raised her brows».[↗](../../brow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The brow of a hill is the top of it, where it starts to slope down.[↗](../../brow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He wiped the sweat from his brow.[↗](../../brow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She frowned and her brow wrinkled.[↗](../../brow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car slowed down at the brow of the hill.[↗](../../brow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad raised his brows in surprise.[↗](../../brow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · With a furrowed brow, Tom stared at the maths problem.[↗](../../brow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We could see the sea from the brow of the hill.[↗](../../brow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Perspiration hung like beads on his brow.[↗](../../brow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (Prophets ISA.48.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **brown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Brown is the colour of chocolate, wood or soil.[↗](../../brown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To brown food is to cook it until its outside turns brown, like toast or onions.[↗](../../brown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 12 brown and 7 white eggs.[↗](../../brown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 4 brown dogs and 2 black dogs.[↗](../../brown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many of the 30 bears are brown?[↗](../../brown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 9 brown cows are in the barn.[↗](../../brown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaves turn brown and fall in autumn.[↗](../../brown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He has brown hair and brown eyes.[↗](../../brown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wrap the parcel in brown paper.[↗](../../brown/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Brown the onions in a pan before adding the soup.[↗](../../brown/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · What beautiful brown spots on your face\![↗](../../brown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **brownie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small square of rich, soft chocolate cake, often with nuts.[↗](../../brownie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Brownie: a younger member of the Girl Guides or Girl Scouts.[↗](../../brownie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (folklore) A small kind elf that secretly helps with housework at night.[↗](../../brownie/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Brownie points (informal): imaginary credit for doing something to please someone.[↗](../../brownie/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum baked a tray of chocolate brownies.[↗](../../brownie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We cut the tray into 24 brownies.[↗](../../brownie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister goes to Brownies on Tuesday nights.[↗](../../brownie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If 3 children share 12 brownies, each gets 4.[↗](../../brownie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Doing the dishes will earn you brownie points.[↗](../../brownie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, a brownie cleaned the kitchen while the family slept.[↗](../../brownie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘It is I, the brownie of the lake,’ replied the voice.[↗](../../brownie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **brownish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slightly brown; of a colour that is close to brown but not quite.[↗](../../brownish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Brown mixed with another colour, as in brownish-green or brownish-red.[↗](../../brownish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pond water looked brownish after the rain.[↗](../../brownish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Water Rat's coat was a soft brownish colour.[↗](../../brownish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaves turn brownish in autumn.[↗](../../brownish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a brownish rock with white stripes.[↗](../../brownish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes are brownish-green.[↗](../../brownish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old photo had gone brownish with age.[↗](../../brownish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole saw a brownish shape moving among the reeds.[↗](../../brownish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bread was toasted until it was brownish on top.[↗](../../brownish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **browse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To look through things in a relaxed way, without looking for something particular: «browse in a bookshop».[↗](../../browse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (computing) To look at web pages on the internet: «browse the web».[↗](../../browse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of animals) To feed on leaves and twigs of bushes and trees: «Giraffes browse on acacia trees.».[↗](../../browse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A relaxed look: «have a browse».[↗](../../browse/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I like to browse in the library on Saturdays.[↗](../../browse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We browsed the web for facts about volcanoes.[↗](../../browse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Can I help you?»[↗](../../browse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") «No thanks, I'm just browsing.»[↗](../../browse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Giraffes browse on the top leaves of trees.[↗](../../browse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Have a browse through this catalogue.[↗](../../browse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Only browse websites your teacher says are safe.[↗](../../browse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Weary of seeking his way, he flung himself down under a tree, leaving his horse to browse at will, and fell asleep.[↗](../../browse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **browser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A browser is a computer program used to look at websites on the internet, such as Chrome, Safari or Firefox.[↗](../../browser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A browser is a person who looks around a shop or at things slowly without planning to buy.[↗](../../browser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In nature, a browser is an animal that eats leaves and shoots from trees and bushes, like a giraffe or a deer.[↗](../../browser/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Open the browser and go to the school website.[↗](../../browser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My browser has too many tabs open.[↗](../../browser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Clear your browser history on the library computer.[↗](../../browser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shopkeeper said, «Browsers welcome».[↗](../../browser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A giraffe is a browser that eats leaves from tall trees.[↗](../../browser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The page looks different in another browser.[↗](../../browser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **browsing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Looking through things in a relaxed way without searching for anything special, as in shops or books.[↗](../../browsing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Looking at pages on the internet.[↗](../../browsing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of animals) Eating leaves and twigs from bushes and trees.[↗](../../browsing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Browsing can also mean wandering slowly along a place, looking around as you go.[↗](../../browsing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am just browsing, thank you.[↗](../../browsing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We spent an hour browsing in the bookshop.[↗](../../browsing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Browsing the internet can be fun but stay safe.[↗](../../browsing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Your browsing history shows which sites you visited.[↗](../../browsing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The giraffe was browsing on the treetops.[↗](../../browsing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad was browsing the menu for vegetarian food.[↗](../../browsing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Private browsing does not make you invisible online.[↗](../../browsing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea cows had separated and were browsing lazily along the edges of the finest beaches that Kotick had ever seen.[↗](../../browsing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bruin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bear.[↗](../../bruin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In old stories «Bruin» is a name for a bear, as in fairy tales (old use).[↗](../../bruin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The door was thrust open: it was Bruin, the great, shaggy Bruin\![↗](../../bruin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bruin the bear padded into the cottage.[↗](../../bruin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old tale the hunters fear Bruin.[↗](../../bruin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bruise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A purple, blue or dark mark on the skin caused by a bump or knock that breaks tiny blood vessels underneath without breaking the skin.[↗](../../bruise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A soft, brown, damaged spot on fruit, like a bruise on an apple.[↗](../../bruise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a verb, to get or give a bruise.[↗](../../bruise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I bruised my arm.[↗](../../bruise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I got a big bruise on my leg when I fell off my bike.[↗](../../bruise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bruise turned green and yellow as it healed.[↗](../../bruise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a cold pack on the bruise.[↗](../../bruise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't drop the bananas or they'll bruise.[↗](../../bruise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My shin is bruised from football.[↗](../../bruise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This apple has a brown bruise on one side.[↗](../../bruise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bruises usually fade in a week or two.[↗](../../bruise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her feelings were bruised when nobody picked her.[↗](../../bruise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “The doctor has ordered it because I have bruised my foot.”[↗](../../bruise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut, ye shall not offer unto the LORD; neither shall ye do thus in your land.[↗](../../bruise/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bruise/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.'[↗](../../bruise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bruise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me; (Torah GEN.4.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bruise/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their virgin breasts were bruised.[↗](../../bruise/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bruise/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus thou didst call to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, when they from Egypt bruised thy breasts for the bosom of thy youth.[↗](../../bruise/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bruise/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · A bruised reed shall he not break, and the dimly burning wick shall he not quench; he shall make the right to go forth according to the truth.[↗](../../bruise/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bruise/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **brummie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK) A person from Birmingham, the big city in the middle of England.[↗](../../brummie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) The accent and way of speaking of people from Birmingham.[↗](../../brummie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, UK) From or to do with Birmingham.[↗](../../brummie/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My nan is a proud Brummie.[↗](../../brummie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (UK)[↗](../../brummie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He speaks with a strong Brummie accent.[↗](../../brummie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Brummie comedian made everyone laugh.[↗](../../brummie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ta-ra-a-bit, bab» is a Brummie way to say goodbye.[↗](../../brummie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Peaky Blinders is set among Brummies a hundred years ago.[↗](../../brummie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No accent is better than another, Brummie included.[↗](../../brummie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She moved to London but kept her Brummie voice.[↗](../../brummie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **brunch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A meal eaten in the late morning instead of breakfast and lunch, often bigger than breakfast.[↗](../../brunch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had brunch at the café on Sunday.[↗](../../brunch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brunch is breakfast and lunch rolled into one.[↗](../../brunch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · For brunch we had pancakes and eggs.[↗](../../brunch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Brunch" is made by joining "breakfast" and "lunch".[↗](../../brunch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum loves a lazy Sunday brunch.[↗](../../brunch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We brunched at eleven and then went to the beach.[↗](../../brunch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **brunt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The worst part or the main force of something bad, such as an attack, a storm or blame.[↗](../../brunt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bear (or take) the brunt of something means to suffer the most from it.[↗](../../brunt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The small village bore the brunt of the storm.[↗](../../brunt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The front of the car took the brunt of the crash.[↗](../../brunt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum took the brunt of the work when Dad was ill.[↗](../../brunt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper bore the brunt of the blame for the loss.[↗](../../brunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our tent faced the brunt of the wind.[↗](../../brunt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers at the front took the full brunt of the attack.[↗](../../brunt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's friends bore the brunt of his silly adventures.[↗](../../brunt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The east side of the house takes the brunt of the weather.[↗](../../brunt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **brush** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tool with many bristles on a handle, used for cleaning, painting or tidying hair: toothbrush, paintbrush, hairbrush.[↗](../../brush/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Verb: to clean or tidy with a brush: brush your teeth, brush your hair.[↗](../../brush/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Verb: to touch lightly while passing: «Her hand brushed mine».[↗](../../brush/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Noun: low bushes and small trees (brush, scrub).[↗](../../brush/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Brush up on: to practise something again.[↗](../../brush/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Brush your teeth twice a day.[↗](../../brush/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brush your hair before school.[↗](../../brush/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Get a clean paintbrush for the blue paint.[↗](../../brush/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Change your toothbrush every three months.[↗](../../brush/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A leaf brushed my face.[↗](../../brush/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I need to brush up on my times tables.[↗](../../brush/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat loves being brushed.[↗](../../brush/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Firefighters put out the brush fire.[↗](../../brush/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Brush me, girl!’ said the head.[↗](../../brush/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · As when fire kindleth the brush-wood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at Thy presence, (Prophets ISA.64.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../brush/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **brushing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Brushing means cleaning or tidying something with a brush: brushing your teeth, brushing your hair.[↗](../../brushing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Brushing means touching something lightly as you pass: the leaves were brushing my face.[↗](../../brushing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Brushing can mean putting paint, oil or egg on something with a brush.[↗](../../brushing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a noun, brushing is the act of cleaning with a brush.[↗](../../brushing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm brushing my teeth before bed.[↗](../../brushing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brushing twice a day keeps your teeth healthy.[↗](../../brushing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Brushing your teeth should take about two minutes.[↗](../../brushing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is brushing the dog's fur.[↗](../../brushing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was brushing against my legs.[↗](../../brushing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad was brushing egg on the pastry.[↗](../../brushing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm brushing up on my times tables before the test.[↗](../../brushing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't forget brushing your tongue too.[↗](../../brushing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · After some time, however, a gentleman who came to his master’s house gave Whittington a penny for brushing his shoes.[↗](../../brushing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **brushwood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Small broken branches and twigs lying on the ground or cut from trees.[↗](../../brushwood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Thick, low undergrowth of small bushes and shrubs.[↗](../../brushwood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We gathered brushwood to light the campfire.[↗](../../brushwood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The path was blocked with brushwood.[↗](../../brushwood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A rabbit hid under the brushwood.[↗](../../brushwood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dry brushwood burns very fast, so be careful.[↗](../../brushwood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer cleared the brushwood from the edge of the field.[↗](../../brushwood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mole pushed through the brushwood, frightened by the faces.[↗](../../brushwood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man replied, ‘Why, I’ve merely been gathering a handful of brushwood.’[↗](../../brushwood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **brushwork** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The way a painter uses a paintbrush, and the marks the brush leaves on a painting.[↗](../../brushwork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Van Gogh's brushwork is thick and swirly.[↗](../../brushwork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher praised my careful brushwork.[↗](../../brushwork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You can see the brushwork up close on the canvas.[↗](../../brushwork/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Monet used quick, loose brushwork to paint water.[↗](../../brushwork/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Chinese brushwork uses ink and a soft brush.[↗](../../brushwork/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The brushwork made the sky look windy.[↗](../../brushwork/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **brutal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Brutal means very cruel and violent.[↗](../../brutal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Brutal means very harsh, severe or unpleasant, as with weather or a test.[↗](../../brutal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Brutal honesty or truth is said directly, even if it hurts.[↗](../../brutal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) Brutal can mean really bad or tough: «That maths test was brutal.».[↗](../../brutal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The brutal king punished anyone who disagreed.[↗](../../brutal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers carried out a brutal attack on the village.[↗](../../brutal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The winter in Canada was brutal, with temperatures of minus thirty.[↗](../../brutal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) That cross-country run was brutal\![↗](../../brutal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · With brutal honesty, my friend said my drawing looked like a potato.[↗](../../brutal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wolf's brutal teeth tore the meat.[↗](../../brutal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a brutally hot day.[↗](../../brutal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hook itched to do it, but it seemed too brutal.[↗](../../brutal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … 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