Both Uses
brandish
in
My Antonia
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- Peter put the melons in a row on the oilcloth-covered table and stood over them, brandishing a butcher knife.†
Book 1 *brandishing = waving something or exhibiting it aggressively
- He picked up dried flowers with his toes and brandished them in the belt of sunlight.†
Book 5brandished = waved or exhibited aggressively
Definitions:
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(1)
(brandish) the act of waving something or exhibiting it aggressively
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)