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Definitions for Brush

[1] an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.
[2] one of a pair of devices consisting of long, thin handles with wire bristles attached, used in jazz or dance bands for keeping a soft, rhythmic beat on the trap drums or the cymbals.
[3] the bushy tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
[4] Electricity . a conductor, often made of carbon or copper or a combination of the two, serving to maintain electric contact between stationary and moving parts of a machine, generator, or other apparatus. brush discharge.
[5] a feathery or hairy tuft or tassel, as on the tip of a kernel of grain or on a man's hat.
[6] an act or instance of brushing; application of a brush.
[7] a light, stroking touch.
[8] a brief encounter: He has already had one brush with the law.
[9] a close approach, especially to something undesirable or harmful: a brush with disaster.
[10] to sweep, paint, clean, polish, etc., with a brush.
[11] to touch lightly in passing; pass lightly over: His lips brushed her ear.
[12] to remove by brushing or by lightly passing over: His hand brushed a speck of lint from his coat.
[13] to move or skim with a slight contact.
[14] brush aside , to disregard; ignore: Our complaints were simply brushed aside.
[15] brush off , to rebuff; send away: She had never been brushed off so rudely before.
[16] brush up on , to revive, review, or resume (studies, a skill, etc.): She's thinking of brushing up on her tennis. Also brush up.
[17] get the brush , to be rejected or rebuffed: She greeted Jim effusively, but I got the brush.
[18] give the brush , to ignore, rebuff, etc.: If you're still angry with him, give him the brush.
[19] a dense growth of bushes, shrubs, etc.; scrub; thicket.
[20] a pile or covering of lopped or broken branches; brushwood.
[21] bushes and low trees growing in thick profusion, especially close to the ground.
[22] Also called brushland. land or an area covered with thickly growing bushes and low trees.
[23] backwoods; a sparsely settled wooded region.
[24] Katharine, 1902–52, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
[25] a device made of bristles, hairs, wires, etc, set into a firm back or handle: used to apply paint, clean or polish surfaces, groom the hair, etc
[26] the act or an instance of brushing
[27] a light stroke made in passing; graze
[28] a brief encounter or contact, esp an unfriendly one; skirmish
[29] the bushy tail of a fox, often kept as a trophy after a hunt, or of certain breeds of dog
[30] an electric conductor, esp one made of carbon, that conveys current between stationary and rotating parts of a generator, motor, etc
[31] a dark brush-shaped region observed when a biaxial crystal is viewed through a microscope, caused by interference between beams of polarized light
[32] (tr) to clean, polish, scrub, paint, etc, with a brush
[33] (tr) to apply or remove with a brush or brushing movement brush the crumbs off the table
[34] (tr) to touch lightly and briefly
[35] (intr) to move so as to graze or touch something lightly
[36] a thick growth of shrubs and small trees; scrub
[37] land covered with scrub
[38] broken or cut branches or twigs; brushwood
[39] wooded sparsely populated country; backwoods

Words related to Brush

broom, toothbrush, run-in, thicket, scrub, shave, flick, smooth, sweep, scrape, caress, skim, kiss, wash, wipe, clean, paint, whisk, mop, sweeper

Words nearby Brush

brunswick, brunswick stew, brunt, brusa, bruschetta, brush, brush aside, brush biopsy, brush border, brush broom, brush catheter

Origin of Brush

21350–1400; Middle English brusshe < Middle French broisse, Old French broce underbrush (compare Anglo-French brousson wood, brusseie heath), perhaps < Vulgar Latin *bruscia excrescences, derivative of Latin bruscum knot or excrescence on a maple tree

Other words from Brush

brush·a·ble , adjective
brush·er , noun
brush·like , adjective
un·brush·a·ble , adjective
brush·i·ness , noun

Word origin for Brush

C16 (dense undergrowth), C14 (cuttings of trees): from Old French broce , from Vulgar Latin bruscia (unattested) brushwood

Synonyms for Brush

broom, toothbrush, besom, hairbrush, mop, polisher, sweeper, whisk, waxer