BRUSH
/bɹʌʃ/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 11
Definition
- verb rub with a brush, or as if with a brush.
- verb touch lightly and briefly.
- verb clean with a brush.
- verb sweep across or over.
— synonyms: sweep
- verb remove with or as if with a brush.
- verb cover by brushing.
- noun a dense growth of bushes.
— synonyms: brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
- noun an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle.
- noun momentary contact.
— synonyms: light_touch
- noun conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor.
- noun a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox).
- noun a minor short-term fight.
— synonyms: clash, encounter, skirmish
- noun the act of brushing your teeth.
— synonyms: brushing
- noun the act of brushing your hair.
— synonyms: brushing
- noun contact with something dangerous or undesirable.
Examples
- “She gave her hair a quick brush.”
- “He has had brushes with communism from time to time.”
- “donwloading brushes for Photoshop”
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