brush

Meanings

• a dense growth of bushes
• an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
• momentary contact
• conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
• a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
• a minor short-term fight
• the act of brushing your teeth
  • "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
• the act of brushing your hair
  • "he gave his hair a quick brush"
• 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"
• rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
  • "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
• touch lightly and briefly
  • "He brushed the wall lightly"
• clean with a brush
  • "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
• sweep across or over
  • "Her long skirt brushed the floor"
• remove with or as if with a brush
  • "brush away the crumbs"
  • "brush the dust from the jacket"
  • "brush aside the objections"
• cover by brushing
  • "brush the bread with melted butter"

Synonyms

brushing, brushwood, clash, coppice, copse, encounter, light touch, skirmish, sweep, thicket