brush

brush
brush1
noun
1》 an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used for cleaning, smoothing, or painting.
    ↘an act of brushing.
2》 a slight and fleeting touch.
    ↘a brief encounter with something bad or unwelcome: a brush with death.
3》 the bushy tail of a fox.
4》 (usu. brushes) a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound.
5》 a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator.
6》 Austral./NZ informal girls or women regarded sexually.
verb
1》 clean, smooth, or apply with a brush.
2》 touch or push lightly and gently.
3》 (brush someone/thing off) dismiss someone or something in an abrupt, contemptuous way.
4》 (brush up on or brush something up) work to regain a previously learned skill.
Derivatives
brushless adjective (chiefly technical).
brushy adjective
Origin
ME: noun from OFr. broisse; verb partly from OFr. brosser 'to sweep'.
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brush2
noun chiefly N. Amer. & Austral./NZ undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.
↘N. Amer. cut brushwood.
↘Austral./NZ dense forest.
Origin
ME: from OFr. broce, perh. based on L. bruscum, denoting an excrescence on a maple.

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