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brush
noun (brushes )
1 a tool with lengths of stiff nylon, wire, bristles, etc. set into it, used for tidying the hair, cleaning, painting, etc.
2 an act of brushing Give your hair a brush .
3 a light grazing contact.
4 a short encounter, especially a fight or disagreement; a skirmish a brush with the law .
5 a fox's bushy brush-like tail.
6 elec a metal or carbon conductor that maintains sliding contact between the stationary and moving parts of an electric motor or generator.
7 brushwood.
verb (brushes , brushed , brushing )
1 to sweep, groom or clean, etc with a brush; to pass a brush over (eg the floor) or through (eg the hair).
2 (often brush something or someone down) to rub it or them with a brush, etc or with a sweeping movement, so as to remove dirt or dust, etc.
3 (also brush against something or someone) tr & intr to touch it or them lightly in passing.
[14c: from French brosse brushwood]
brushed adjective
1 said of a fabric: treated by a brushing process so that it feels soft and warm.
2 smoothed, rubbed, straightened, etc with a brush.
brusher noun .
brushing noun .
brush something or someone aside to dismiss or pay no attention to it or them brushed aside all my objections .
brush something or someone off to ignore or refuse to listen to it or them. See also brush-off.
brush up to make oneself clean or tidy one's appearance, etc. See also brush-up.
brush something up or brush up on something to improve or refresh one's knowledge of (a language or subject, etc).
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