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Brush

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Noun

1. brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket

a dense growth of bushes

2. brush

an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

3. brush, light touch

momentary contact

4. brush

conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

5. brush

a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)

6. brush, clash, encounter, skirmish

a minor short-term fight

7. brush, brushing

the act of brushing your teeth

Example Sentences:
'the dentist recommended two brushes a day'

8. brush, brushing

the act of brushing your hair

Example Sentences:
'he gave his hair a quick brush'

9. brush

contact with something dangerous or undesirable

Example Sentences:
'I had a brush with danger on my way to work'
'he tried to avoid any brushes with the police'

Verb

10. brush

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

Example Sentences:
'Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket'

11. brush

touch lightly and briefly

Example Sentences:
'He brushed the wall lightly'

12. brush

clean with a brush

Example Sentences:
'She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet'

13. brush, sweep

sweep across or over

Example Sentences:
'Her long skirt brushed the floor'
'A gasp swept cross the audience'

14. brush

remove with or as if with a brush

Example Sentences:
'brush away the crumbs'
'brush the dust from the jacket'
'brush aside the objections'

15. brush

cover by brushing

Example Sentences:
'brush the bread with melted butter'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brush

see synonyms of brush
noun
1. 
a device made of bristles, hairs, wires, etc, set into a firm back or handle: used to apply paint, clean or polish surfaces, groom the hair, etc
2. 
the act or an instance of brushing
3. 
a light stroke made in passing; graze
4. 
a brief encounter or contact, esp an unfriendly one; skirmish
5. 
the bushy tail of a fox, often kept as a trophy after a hunt, or of certain breeds of dog
6. 
an electric conductor, esp one made of carbon, that conveys current between stationary and rotating parts of a generator, motor, etc
7. 
a dark brush-shaped region observed when a biaxial crystal is viewed through a microscope, caused by interference between beams of polarized light
verb
8. (transitive)
to clean, polish, scrub, paint, etc, with a brush
9. (transitive)
to apply or remove with a brush or brushing movement
brush the crumbs off the table
10. (transitive)
to touch lightly and briefly
11. (intransitive)
to move so as to graze or touch something lightly
noun
1. 
a thick growth of shrubs and small trees; scrub
2. 
land covered with scrub
3. 
broken or cut branches or twigs; brushwood
4. 
wooded sparsely populated country; backwoods

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Brush

see synonyms of brush
noun
1. 
brushwood
2.  US
sparsely settled country, covered with wild scrub growth
3. 
a. 
a device having bristles, hairs, or wires fastened into a hard back, with or without a handle attached: brushes are used for cleaning, polishing, painting, smoothing the hair, etc.
b. 
a device of wires attached in a fanlike spread to a handle, used as on drums or cymbals for a swishing or muted effect
4. 
the act of brushing
5. 
a light, grazing stroke
a brush of the hand
6. 
brushwork
7. 
a bushy tail, esp. that of a fox
8.  US, Slang
brushoff
9.  Electricity
a. 
a piece, plate, rod, or bundle of carbon, copper, etc. used as a conductor between an external circuit and a revolving part, as in a motor
b. 
brush discharge
verb transitive
10. 
to use a brush on; clean, polish, paint, smooth, etc. with a brush
11. 
to apply, spread, remove, etc. with a stroke or strokes as of a brush
12. 
to go over lightly, as with a brush
13. 
to touch or graze in passing
verb intransitive
14. 
to move so as to push lightly aside, skim, or graze past something
verb intransitive
1. 
to hurry
noun
2. 
a short, quick fight, skirmish, etc.
a brush with the law

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Brush

see synonyms of brush
n.
1.
a. An implement typically consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, grooming, or applying a liquid.
b. The act of using this implement.
2.
a. A sweeping stroke of the hand, as in removing something.
b. A light touch in passing; a graze.
c. An instance of contact with something undesirable or dangerous: a brush with the law; a brush with death.
3. A bushy tail: the brush of a fox.
4. A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.
5. A snub; a brushoff.
v. brushed, brush·ing, brush·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To clean, polish, or groom with a brush: brush one's teeth; brush the dog's coat.
b. To apply with a brush: brushed shellac onto the wood.
c. To remove with a brush or with sweeping strokes: brushed dirt from his pants.
2. To touch lightly in passing; graze against.
v.intr.
1. To use a brush.
2. To make sweeping strokes with the hand.
3. To touch something lightly in moving past.
n.
1.
a. Dense vegetation consisting of shrubs or small trees.
b. Land covered by such a growth.
2. Cut or broken branches.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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