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1. | [ verb ] rub with a brush, or as if with a brush | |
Examples: | : "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" |
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Related terms: | rub | |
2. | [ noun ] (botany) a dense growth of bushes | |
Synonyms: | thicket coppice copse brushwood | |
Related terms: | vegetation underbrush spinney canebrake brake | |
3. | [ verb ] touch lightly and briefly | |
Examples: | "He brushed the wall lightly" |
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Related terms: | touch flick graze | |
4. | [ noun ] an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle | |
Related terms: | implement sable clothesbrush toothbrush nailbrush hairbrush bottlebrush paintbrush shaving_brush scrub_brush bristle_brush bristle handle | |
5. | [ verb ] clean with a brush | |
Examples: | "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet" |
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Related terms: | clean | |
6. | [ verb ] sweep across or over | |
Synonyms: | sweep | |
Examples: | "Her long skirt brushed the floor" "A gasp swept cross the audience" |
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Related terms: | move sweep | |
7. | [ verb ] remove with or as if with a brush | |
Examples: | "brush away the crumbs" "brush the dust from the jacket" "brush aside the objections" |
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Related terms: | remove | |
8. | [ noun ] momentary contact | |
Synonyms: | light_touch | |
Related terms: | touch | |
9. | [ noun ] contact with something dangerous or undesirable | |
Synonyms: | light_touch | |
Examples: | "I had a brush with danger on my way to work" "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police" |
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Related terms: | contact touch | |
10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5206 | |
11. | [ noun ] a minor short-term fight | |
Synonyms: | encounter skirmish clash | |
Related terms: | fight contretemps skirmish | |
12. | [ noun ] the act of brushing your hair | |
Synonyms: | brushing | |
Examples: | "he gave his hair a quick brush" |
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Related terms: | hair_care | |
13. | [ verb ] cover by brushing | |
Examples: | "brush the bread with melted butter" |
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Related terms: | cover | |
14. | [ noun ] (physics,electricity) conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor | |
Related terms: | electrical_device generator electric_motor | |
15. | [ noun ] (dentistry) the act of brushing your teeth | |
Synonyms: | brushing | |
Examples: | "the dentist recommended two brushes a day" |
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Related terms: | dental_care | |
16. | [ noun ] a light glancing touch | |
Synonyms: | kiss | |
Examples: | "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing" |
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Related terms: | touch kiss | |
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