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English to English noun
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a dense growth of bushes |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle | | source: wordnet30
| 3 |
momentary contact | | source: wordnet30
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conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor | | source: wordnet30
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a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) | | source: wordnet30
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a minor short-term fight | | source: wordnet30
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the act of brushing your teeth | | Example: the dentist recommended two brushes a day
source: wordnet30
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the act of brushing your hair | | Example: he gave his hair a quick brush
source: wordnet30
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contact with something dangerous or undesirable | | Example: I had a brush with danger on my way to work
he tried to avoid any brushes with the police
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small. | | source: webster1913 verb
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rub with a brush, or as if with a brush | | Example: Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket
source: wordnet30
| 13 |
touch lightly and briefly | | Example: He brushed the wall lightly
source: wordnet30
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clean with a brush | | Example: She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet
source: wordnet30
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sweep across or over | | Example: Her long skirt brushed the floor
A gasp swept cross the audience
source: wordnet30
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remove with or as if with a brush | | Example: brush away the crumbs
brush the dust from the jacket
brush aside the objections
source: wordnet30
| 17 |
cover by brushing | | Example: brush the bread with melted butter
source: wordnet30
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To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. | | source: webster1913
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To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by. | | source: webster1913
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