Uk English Meaning of brush

paintbrush

Other Uk English words related to paintbrush

Definitions and Meaning of brush in English

Wordnet

brush (n)

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 act of brushing your hair

contact with something dangerous or undesirable

Wordnet

brush (v)

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush

touch lightly and briefly

clean with a brush

sweep across or over

remove with or as if with a brush

cover by brushing

Webster

brush (n.)

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.

The bushy tail of a fox.

A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.

A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.

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.

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.

A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.

A short contest, or trial, of speed.

To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.

To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.

To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.

In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.

Webster

brush (v. i.)

To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.

FAQs About the word brush

paintbrush

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

encounter,argument,fight,quarrel,run in,scrape,skirmish,battle,brawl,hassle

Flounder,limp,Struggle,timber,plod,Shuffle,Stamp,stomp,stumble,stump

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