brush

(brŭsh)

1. a. A device consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, or painting.
   b. The act of using this device.
2. A light touch in passing; a graze.
3. An instance of contact with something undesirable or dangerous: a brush with the law; a brush with death.
4. A bushy tail: the brush of a fox.
5. A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.
6. A snub; a brushoff.

1. a. To clean, polish, or groom with a brush.
   b. To apply with or as if with motions of a brush.
   c. To remove with or as if with motions of a brush.
2. To dismiss abruptly or curtly: brushed the matter aside; brushed an old friend off.
3. To touch lightly in passing; graze against.

1. To use or apply a brush.
2. To move past something so as to touch it lightly.

Related Forms:

• brushˈer noun

• brushˈy adjective

(brŭsh)

1. a. A dense growth of bushes or shrubs.
   b. Land covered by such a growth.
2. Cut or broken branches.

Related Forms:

• brushˈy adjective