BRUSH
\bɹˈʌʃ], \bɹˈʌʃ], \b_ɹ_ˈʌ_ʃ]\
Definitions of BRUSH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
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an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
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conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
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a dense growth of bushes
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remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
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rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
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cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
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touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
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clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
By Princeton University
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the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
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an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
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conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
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a dense growth of bushes
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remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
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rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
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cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The bushy tail of a fox.
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A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
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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.
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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.
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To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
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To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
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To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
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In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.
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To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; - commonly with off.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The bushy tail of a fox.
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A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
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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.
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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.
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To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
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To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
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To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
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In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.
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To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; - commonly with off.
By Noah Webster.
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An implement made of bristles, feathers, etc., fixed in a back or handle and used for cleaning, smoothing. Applying paint, etc.; the bushy tail of a fox; a thicket of small trees; a slight battle; a skirmish; the act of cleaning or smoothing with a brush.
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To sweep, cleanse, or rub with a brush; touch lightly in passing.
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To move with haste; to skim over with a light touch.
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Brushy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An instrument for removing dust, usually made of bristles, twigs, or feathers: a kind of hair-pencil used by painters: brushwood: a skirmish or encounter: the tail of a fox.
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To remove dust, etc., from by sweeping: to touch lightly in passing: (with off) remove.
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To move over lightly.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To use a brush on; sweep; touch or move lightly.
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An implement, as of bristles. for cleansing, smoothing, etc.
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The act of brushing.
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A thicket; wooded country; brushwood.
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A bushy object, as the tail of the fox.
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A smart skirmish; a dashing ride; chase.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A well-known instrument, used in medicine chiefly for the following purposes :-1. To clean the teeth. 2. To remove the saw-dust which adheres to the teeth of the trephine, during the operation of trephining. 3. To rub the surface of the body, for the purpose of exciting the skin, and favouring transpiration. Westring, a Swedish physician, has recommended metallic brushes for the purpose of conveying galvanism to a part. These brushes consist of a plate of ebony fitted to another of gold, in which threads of the same metal are fixed ;-the brush being connected with one of the poles of the galvanic pile.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Old Hebrew, German] An instrument of bristles, &c., used for removing dust, laying on colours, &c.;—branches of trees lopped of; brush-wood;—a thicket of shrubs or small trees;—a skirmish; a slight encounter;—the bushy tail of the fox or squirrel.