brush
brush&+{1}
[brʌʃ]
n
a device made of bristles, hairs, wires, etc, set into a firm back or handle: used to apply paint, clean or polish surfaces, groom the hair, etc
the act or an instance of brushing
a light stroke made in passing; graze
a brief encounter or contact, esp an unfriendly one; skirmish
the bushy tail of a fox, often kept as a trophy after a hunt, or of certain breeds of dog
an electric conductor, esp one made of carbon, that conveys current between stationary and rotating parts of a generator, motor, etc
a dark brush-shaped region observed when a biaxial crystal is viewed through a microscope, caused by interference between beams of polarized light
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to clean, polish, scrub, paint, etc, with a brush
to apply or remove with a brush or brushing movement
brush the crumbs off the table
to touch lightly and briefly
to move so as to graze or touch something lightly
See brush aside See brush off See brush up
brush
brush&+{2}
[brʌʃ]
n
a thick growth of shrubs and small trees; scrub
land covered with scrub
broken or cut branches or twigs; brushwood
wooded sparsely populated country; backwoods
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