1. Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
   "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" 
2. Touch lightly and briefly
   "He brushed the wall lightly" 
3. Clean with a brush
   "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet" 
4. Sweep across or over
   "Her long skirt brushed the floor"
   - sweep 
5. Remove with or as if with a brush
   "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections" 
6. Cover by brushing
   "brush the bread with melted butter"

1. A dense growth of bushes
   - brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket 
2. An implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle 
3. Momentary contact
   - light touch 
4. Conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor 
5. A bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) 
6. A minor short-term fight
   - clash, encounter, skirmish 
7. The act of brushing your teeth
   "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
   - brushing 
8. The act of brushing your hair
   "he gave his hair a quick brush"
   - brushing 
9. 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"

Derived forms: brushed, brushing, brushes

See also: brushy

Type of: botany, clean, combat, contact, cover, dental care, electrical device, fight, fighting, flora, hair care, haircare, hairdressing, implement, make clean, move, remove, rub, scrap, tail, take, take away, touch, touching, vegetation, withdraw

Part of: electric motor, generator

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