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A round hair brush.

noun

To brush is defined as to use a tool with bristles or to quickly sweep something with the hand.
1. An example of a brush is a tool for getting knots out of hair.
2. An example of a brush is a sweep of the hand across a table to remove crumbs.

verb

The definition of a brush is a tool with bristles on a handle, the process of using such a tool or the act of lightly sweeping something.
1. An example of brush is to smooth hair with a hair brush.
2. An example of brush is to quickly rub crumbs off a dress.

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brush

brushwood
sparsely settled country, covered with wild scrub growth
1. 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.
2. a device of wires attached in a fanlike spread to a handle, used as on drums or cymbals for a swishing or muted effect
the act of brushing
a light, grazing stroke: a brush of the hand
brushwork
a bushy tail, esp. that of a fox
Slang brushoff
Elec.
1. 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
2. brush discharge

Origin of brush

Middle English brushe from Old French broce, brosse, bush, brushwood from Vulgar Latin an unverified form bruscia from Germanic an unverified form bruskaz, underbrush: for Indo-European base see breast

to use a brush on; clean, polish, paint, smooth, etc. with a brush
to apply, spread, remove, etc. with a stroke or strokes as of a brush
to go over lightly, as with a brush
to touch or graze in passing

to move so as to push lightly aside, skim, or graze past something

brush Idioms

brush aside

to sweep out of the way
to dismiss from consideration

brush off

Slang

to dismiss or get rid of abruptly or rudely

brush up

to make neat or presentable
to refresh one's memory or skill: often with on: to brush up on one's French

to hurry

Origin of brush

Middle English bruschen, rush from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Old French brosser, to travel (? through woods), beat underbrush for game: see brush

a short, quick fight, skirmish, etc.: a brush with the law

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brush

noun

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.
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.
A bushy tail: the brush of a fox.
A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.
A snub; a brushoff.

verb

brushed, brush·ing, brush·es

verb

transitive

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.
To touch lightly in passing; graze against.

verb

intransitive

To use a brush.
To make sweeping strokes with the hand.
To touch something lightly in moving past.

Phrasal Verbs: brush aside off To dismiss abruptly or curtly: brushed the matter aside; brushed an old friend off. brush back Baseball To force (a batter) to move away from the plate by throwing an inside pitch. brush up To refresh one's memory or renew one's skill regarding (something).

Origin of brush

Middle English brushe twigs used as a broom or a brush to clean, painter's brush from Old French brosse brushwood, brush ; see brush ².

Related Forms:

brush′er
noun

brush′y
adjective

noun

a. Dense vegetation consisting of shrubs or small trees.
b. Land covered by such a growth.
Cut or broken branches.

Origin of brush

Middle English brushe from Old French brosse brushwood from Vulgar Latin bruscia perhaps from Latin bruscum knot on a maple

Related Forms:

brush′y
adjective

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brush

brush ¹flick ¹glance ¹graze ²shave skim

These verbs mean to make light contact with something in passing: Her arm brushed mine. I flicked the paper with my finger. The arrow glanced off the tree. The knife blade grazed the countertop. A taxi shaved the curb. The oar skims the pond's surface.

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Noun

(plural brushes)

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.
(uncountable) 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.
(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
(poker, slang) 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

(third-person singular simple present brushes, present participle brushing, simple past and past participle brushed)

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, or lightly in passing.
Her scarf brushed his skin.

Anagrams

shrub

Origin

Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse (compare Modern French brosse) from Vulgar Latin *bruscia from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“underbrush”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhreus- (“to swell, sprout”). Akin to Middle High German bürste (“brush”), Old English byrst (“bristle”), Middle High German broz (“a bud, shoot”), Old English brēost (“breast”), Proto-Slavic *bъrščь (“hogweed”).

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