brush
noun
[ brʌʃ ]
• an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair.
• "a shaving brush"
Similar:
broom,
sweeper,
besom,
whisk,
sweeping brush,
hairbrush,
clothes brush,
scrubbing brush,
toothbrush,
paintbrush,
• a light and fleeting touch.
• "the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek"
Similar:
touch,
stroke,
skim,
graze,
glance,
rub,
shave,
pat,
nudge,
contact,
kiss,
swipe,
• the bushy tail of a fox.
• a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound on drums or cymbals.
• a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator.
• women regarded sexually.
• "‘Beer first, brush later.’"
brush
verb
• remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing.
• "we'll be able to brush the mud off easily"
• touch something lightly and gently.
• "their fingers brushed as she took the glass from him"
Similar:
touch,
stroke,
caress,
skim,
sweep,
graze,
shave,
glance,
contact,
flick,
scrape,
kiss,
Origin:
Middle English: noun from Old French broisse ; verb partly from Old French brosser ‘to sweep’.
brush
noun
• undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.
Similar:
undergrowth,
underwood,
scrub,
scrubland,
brushwood,
bracken,
bushes,
wood,
thicket,
copse,
underbrush,
chaparral,
boscage,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French broce, perhaps based on Latin bruscum, denoting an excrescence on a maple.
