Definitions for brush
brʌʃbrush

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicketnoun

   a dense growth of bushes

2. brushnoun

   an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

3. brush, light touchnoun

   momentary contact

4. brushnoun

   conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

5. brushnoun

   a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)

6. brush, clash, encounter, skirmishnoun

   a minor short-term fight

7. brush, brushingnoun

   the act of brushing your teeth

   "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"

8. brush, brushingnoun

   the act of brushing your hair

   "he gave his hair a quick brush"

9. brushverb

   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"

10. brushverb

    rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

    "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"

11. brushverb

    touch lightly and briefly

    "He brushed the wall lightly"

12. brushverb

    clean with a brush

    "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"

13. brush, sweepverb

    sweep across or over

    "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"

14. brushverb

    remove with or as if with a brush

    "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"

15. brushverb

    cover by brushing

    "brush the bread with melted butter"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brushnoun

   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.

2. brushnoun

   A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.

3. brushnoun

   The act of brushing something.

   She gave her hair a quick brush.

4. brushnoun

   Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees.

5. brushnoun

   A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.

   He has had brushes with communism from time to time.

6. brushnoun

   The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.

7. brushnoun

   An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.

8. brushnoun

   In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.

9. brushnoun

   The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.

10. brushverb

    To clean with a brush.

    Brush your teeth.

11. brushverb

    To untangle or arrange with a brush.

    Brush your hair.

12. brushverb

    To apply with a brush.

    Brush the paint onto the walls.

13. brushverb

    To remove with a sweeping motion.

    Brush the flour off your clothes.

14. brushverb

    To touch with a sweeping motion.

    Her scarf brushed his skin.

15. brushnoun

    (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.

16. Etymology: brusshe, from broisse (compare Modern brosse) from of origin, from bruskaz, from bhreus-. Akin to bürste, byrst, broz, breost, bъrščь.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brushnoun

   an instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc

2. Brushnoun

   the bushy tail of a fox

3. Brushnoun

   a tuft of hair on the mandibles

4. Brushnoun

   branches of trees lopped off; brushwood

5. Brushnoun

   a thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush

6. Brushnoun

   a bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus

7. Brushnoun

   the act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed

8. Brushnoun

   a skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy

9. Brushnoun

   a short contest, or trial, of speed

10. Brushnoun

    to apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush

11. Brushnoun

    to touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush

12. Brushnoun

    to remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off

13. Brushverb

    to move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brush

   A brush is a tool with bristles, wire or other filaments, used for cleaning, grooming hair, make up, painting, surface finishing and for many other purposes. It is one of the most basic and versatile tools known to mankind, and the average household may contain several dozen varieties. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed either parallel- or perpendicular-wise, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during use. The material of both the block and bristles or filaments is chosen to withstand hazards of its application, such as corrosive chemicals, heat or abrasion.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brush

   brush, n. an instrument for removing dust, usually made of bristles, twigs, feathers, or stiff grass stems: a kind of hair-pencil used by painters: a painter, one who uses the brush: brushwood: a skirmish or encounter: the tail of a fox: (elect.) a brush-like discharge of sparks: one of the bundles of copper wires or flexible strips in contact with the commutator of the armature on opposite sides, and which carry off the positive and negative currents of electricity generated.—v.t. to remove dust, &c., from by sweeping: to touch lightly in passing: remove (with off): to thrash.—v.i. to move over lightly: to make off with a rush.—n. Brush′ing, the act of rubbing or sweeping.—adj. in a lively manner: brisk.—ns. Brush′-wheel, a wheel used in light machinery to turn another by having the rubbing surface covered with stiff hairs or bristles; Brush′wood, rough close bushes: a thicket.—adj. Brush′y, rough, rugged.—To brush up, to brighten, revive. [O. Fr. brosse, a brush, brushwood—Low L. bruscia; Diez connects the Fr. with Old High Ger. burst, bursta, bristle.]

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brush

   In electric current generators and motors, the pieces of copper or other material that bear against the cylindrical surface of the commutator are thus termed. Many different constructions have been employed. Some have employed little wheels or discs bearing against and rotating on the surface of the commutator. A bundle of copper strips is often employed, placed flatwise. Sometimes the same are used, but are placed edgewise. Wire in bundles, soldered together at their distant ends have been employed. Carbon brushes, which are simply rods or slabs of carbon, are used with much success. Synonym--Collecting Brush.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brush

   A move; a skirmish.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brush

   A type of tool created and designed in various colors, materials, shapes and sizes.

   She only has one brush for her hair as that is all she needs.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 10, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Clean
   • Cover
   • Dental Care
   • Electrical Device
   • Fight
   • Hair Care
   • Implement
   • Move
   • Remove
   • Rub
   • Tail
   • Touch

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'brush' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3897

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'brush' in Nouns Frequency: #2048

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'brush' in Verbs Frequency: #705

Anagrams for brush »

1. shrub

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brush in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brush in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of brush in a Sentence

1. Van Der Beek:

   Everything that connects is vulnerable, there are little things you can do. It's like, you can be terrified of getting cavities and brush your teeth at night, but you still might get a cavity. People are hackable. Corporations are hackable.

2. Election Officials Dean Logan:

   Broad brush allegations of voter fraud and illegal voting serve only to undermine the public’s trust and confidence in the elections process and run the risk of further deflating voter participation.

3. Michael Mina:

   If we actually got these tests into the average American's home and we asked every American to use a test twice a week, it takes 30 seconds to use -- as you brush your teeth, you use a Covid test -- that would be enough to empower people to know their status, and if they are positive, they would be able to essentially know that they're positive and make the appropriate changes.

4. Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   I know that many have doubts and concerns about whether this road will be successful, about whether Greece will have the strength to take it in the long term, and no one can brush aside these concerns, but I am firmly convinced of one thing: we would be grossly negligent, even irresponsible, if we did not at least try this road.

5. Joe Welz:

   When you start seeing smoke plumes come up that are severe black, you know they're in the brush, and they're not too far away, you look at it: Hey, it's time to go! And when you see flames -- when you see flames, it's really time to leave!

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