Brush
WordNet
noun
(1) Contact with something dangerous or undesirable
"I had a brush with danger on my way to work"
"He tried to avoid any brushes with the police"
(2) The act of brushing your hair
"He gave his hair a quick brush"
(3) The act of brushing your teeth
"The dentist recommended two brushes a day"
(4) A minor short-term fight
(5) An implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
(6) Conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
(7) Momentary contact
(8) A dense growth of bushes
verb
(9) Remove with or as if with a brush
"Brush away the crumbs"
"Brush the dust from the jacket"
"Brush aside the objections"
(10) Touch lightly and briefly
"He brushed the wall lightly"
(11) Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
"Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
(12) Clean with a brush
"She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
(13) Sweep across or over
"Her long skirt brushed the floor"
"A gasp swept cross the audience"
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Etymology
brusshe from broisse (cf. brosse) from of origin, akin to from . Akin to brēost "breast".
Noun
- An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
- A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
- The act of brushing something.
- She gave her hair a quick brush.
- Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees.
- A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
- He has had brushes with communism from time to time.
- The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
- An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
- In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, esp. one that defines structure of the play area.
- The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
- (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.
Verb
- To clean with a brush.
- Brush your teeth.
- To untangle or arrange with a brush.
- Brush your hair.
- To apply with a brush.
- Brush the paint onto the walls.
- To remove with a sweeping motion.
- Brush the flour off your clothes.
- To touch with a sweeping motion.
- Her scarf brushed his skin.
- 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Further to Fly”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
- Maybe you will find a love that you discover accidentally, who falls against you gently as a pickpocket brushes your thigh.