brush
(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”
brush, brushing
(noun) the act of brushing your hair; “he gave his hair a quick brush”
brush, brushing
(noun) the act of brushing your teeth; “the dentist recommended two brushes a day”
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
(noun) a minor short-term fight
brush
(noun) a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
brush
(noun) an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
brush
(noun) conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
brush, light touch
(noun) momentary contact
brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
(noun) a dense growth of bushes
brush
(verb) remove with or as if with a brush; “brush away the crumbs”; “brush the dust from the jacket”; “brush aside the objections”
brush
(verb) touch lightly and briefly; “He brushed the wall lightly”
brush
(verb) rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; “Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket”
brush
(verb) clean with a brush; “She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet”
brush, sweep
(verb) sweep across or over; “Her long skirt brushed the floor”; “A gasp swept cross the audience”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Brush (plural Brushes)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brush is the 5218th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6690 individuals. Brush is most common among White (93.17%) individuals.
• Shrub, bruhs, burhs, shrub
brush (countable and uncountable, plural brushes)
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.
The act of brushing something.
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
Synonym: corposant
(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees.
A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
(poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
(North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
brush (third-person singular simple present brushes, present participle brushing, simple past and past participle brushed)
(transitive) To clean with a brush.
(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
(transitive) To apply with a brush.
(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
(ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
• Shrub, bruhs, burhs, shrub
Source: Wiktionary
Brush, n. Etym: [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, bĂĽrste brush. See Bristle, n., and cf. Browse.]
1. 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. The bushy tail of a fox.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
4. Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
5. A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
6. (Elec.)
Definition: 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. 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. [As leaves] have with one winter's brush Fell from their boughts. Shak.
8. A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy. Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong, And tempt not yet the brushes of the war. Shak.
9. A short contest, or trial, of speed. Let us enjoy a brush across the country. Cornhill Mag. Electrical brush, a form of the electric discharge characterized by a brushlike appearance of luminous rays diverging from an electrified body.
Brush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brushing.] Etym: [OE. bruschen; cf. F. brosser. See Brush, n.]
1. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. "A' brushes his hat o' mornings." Shak.
2. To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. Some spread their sailes, some with strong oars sweep The waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave. Fairfax. Brushed with the kiss of rustling wings. Milton.
3. To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen. Shak. And from the boughts brush off the evil dew. Milton. To brush aside, to remove from one's way, as with a brush.
– To brush away, to remove, as with a brush or brushing motion.
– To brush up, to paint, or make clean or bright with a brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew. You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to brush you up like your neighbors. Pope.
Brush, v. i.
Definition: To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by. Snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
