Brush

Quick meaning: Brush is a noun meaning The act of brushing something.

Meaning

The act of brushing something.

More Meanings

1. A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
2. (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
3. A short, possibly recurrent encounter or experience.
4. The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
5. (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
6. 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.
7. A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.

Example Sentences

brush with death

She gave her hair a quick brush.

He has had brushes with communism from time to time.

as leaves Do on the oak, have with one winter's brush Fell from their boughs

Word Forms

• brushes
• brushing
• brushed

Synonyms for brush

Depending on context, synonyms include corposant, sweep, thicket, encounter, copse, skirmish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sweep, copse, thicket, coppice, brushwood, clash.

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