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brush /brush/ noun- An implement set with bristles or similar for grooming, cleansing, painting, applying friction or beating a soft rhythm
- A tuft
- A bushy tail, esp of the fox
- A bundle of wires, strips, etc, making electrical contact between surfaces in relative motion
- A brushlike electrical discharge of sparks or luminosity
- Any brushlike effect
- An application of a brush
- A grazing contact
- A fleeting encounter
- A skirmish, a clash
- Lopped or broken twigs
- An area of shrubs and small trees, a thicket
- Thick forest (Aust)
- The backwoods
- A brisk run or race (US)
transitive verb- To pass a brush over, groom, sweep, paint, etc with a brush
- To touch or rub as if with a brush
- To apply or remove by a sweeping motion (with on, off or away)
intransitive verb- To use a brush
- To pass with light contact
- To move off abruptly, make off
ORIGIN: OFr brosse brushwood; prob connected with bristle brushed adjective - Smoothed, rubbed, straightened, etc with a brush
- (of cloth) with the surface roughened or raised
brushˈer noun brush'ing noun The action of the verb brush adjective Lively, brisk brushˈy adjective - Like a brush
- Covered with brush
brush discharge noun An electrical discharge between conductors that is not intense enough to cause a spark brush fire noun A fire of dry bushes, etc, which usually spreads quickly and dangerously (also figurative and as adjective) brush kangaroo noun (Aust) A wallaby (esp large) brushˈ-off noun (informal) - A curt or discourteous dismissal or act of ignoring
- A rebuff
brush turkey noun An E Australian mound-bird brush-up see brush up below. brushˈwheel noun - A revolving brush
- A friction wheel with bristles on the rubbing surface
brushˈwood noun - Loppings and broken branches
- Underwood or stunted wood
brushˈwork noun - Work done with a brush
- A painter's individual manner of using the brush
brush aside or off To ignore or dismiss, esp brusquely brush up - To freshen one's appearance
- To clean and tidy
- To renew one's knowledge of (a subject; sometimes with on) (brushˈ-up noun)
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