BRUSH

Definition:

1. [noun] a dense growth of bushes
   Synonyms: wood, coppice, copse, thicket
   
   
2. [noun] an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
   
   
3. [noun] momentary contact
   Synonyms: light touch
   
   
4. [noun] conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
   
   
5. [noun] a minor short-term fight
   Synonyms: clash, encounter, skirmish
   
   
6. [noun] the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
   Synonyms: ing
   
   
7. [noun] the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush"
   Synonyms: ing
   
   
8. [noun] 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"
   
   
9. [verb] rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
   
   
10. [verb] touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
    
    
11. [verb] clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
    
    
12. [verb] sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
    Synonyms: sweep
    
    
13. [verb] remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
    
    
14. [verb] cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
    
    

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Related Words:

• graze, crease, rake
• flick
• brake
• canebrake
• spinney
• underbrush, undergrowth, underwood
• bottlebrush
• bristle brush
• clothesbrush
• hairbrush
• nailbrush
• paintbrush
• sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil
• scrub brush, scrubbing brush, scrubber
• shaving brush
• toothbrush
• contretemps

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