English Dictionary

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.
Source : opted (20266)  - auto

The bushy tail of a fox.
Source : opted (20267)  - auto

A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
Source : opted (20268)  - auto

Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
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A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
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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.
Source : opted (20271)  - auto

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.
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A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
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A short contest, or trial, of speed.
Source : opted (20274)  - auto

To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
Source : opted (20277)  - auto