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Brushy vs. Brush

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Brushy

An implement typically consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, grooming, or applying a liquid.
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Brush

A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during use.
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Brushy

The act of using this implement.
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Brush

an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair
a shaving brush
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Brushy

A sweeping stroke of the hand, as in removing something.
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Brush

a light and fleeting touch
the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek
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Brushy

A light touch in passing; a graze.
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Brush

the bushy tail of a fox.
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Brushy

An instance of contact with something undesirable or dangerous
a brush with the law.
a brush with death.
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Brush

a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound on drums or cymbals.
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Brushy

A bushy tail
the brush of a fox.
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Brush

a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator.
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Brushy

A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.
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Brush

girls or women regarded sexually
‘Beer first, brush later.’
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Brushy

A snub; a brushoff.
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Brush

undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.
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Brushy

Dense vegetation consisting of shrubs or small trees.
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Brush

remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing
we'll be able to brush the mud off easily
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Brushy

Land covered by such a growth.
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Brush

touch lightly and gently
stems of grass brush against her legs
their fingers brushed as she took the glass from him
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Brushy

Cut or broken branches.
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Brush

An implement typically consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, grooming, or applying a liquid.
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Brushy

To clean, polish, or groom with a brush
brush one's teeth.
brush the dog's coat.
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Brush

The act of using this implement.
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Brushy

To apply with a brush
brushed shellac onto the wood.
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Brush

A sweeping stroke of the hand, as in removing something.
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Brushy

To remove with a brush or with sweeping strokes
brushed dirt from his pants.
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Brush

A light touch in passing; a graze.
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Brushy

To touch lightly in passing; graze against.
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Brush

An instance of contact with something undesirable or dangerous
a brush with the law.
a brush with death.
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Brushy

To use a brush.
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Brush

A bushy tail
the brush of a fox.
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Brushy

To make sweeping strokes with the hand.
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Brush

A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.
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Brushy

To touch something lightly in moving past.
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Brush

A snub; a brushoff.
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Brushy

Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy.
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Brush

Dense vegetation consisting of shrubs or small trees.
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Brushy

Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby.
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Brush

Land covered by such a growth.
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Brushy

Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.
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Brush

Cut or broken branches.
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Brushy

covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets;
brushy undergrowth
`bosky' is a literary term
a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza
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Brush

To clean, polish, or groom with a brush
brush one's teeth.
brush the dog's coat.
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Brush

To apply with a brush
brushed shellac onto the wood.
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Brush

To remove with a brush or with sweeping strokes
brushed dirt from his pants.
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Brush

To touch lightly in passing; graze against.
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Brush

To use a brush.
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Brush

To make sweeping strokes with the hand.
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Brush

To touch something lightly in moving past.
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Brush

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
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Brush

The act of brushing something.
She gave her hair a quick brush.
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Brush

A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
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Brush

A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
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Brush

(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
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Brush

A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
He has had brushes with communism from time to time.
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Brush

The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
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Brush

(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
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Brush

(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
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Brush

(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
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Brush

(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
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Brush

(computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
downloading brushes for Photoshop
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Brush

(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
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Brush

The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
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Brush

Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
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Brush

(transitive) To clean with a brush.
Brush your teeth.
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Brush

(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
Brush your hair.
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Brush

(transitive) To apply with a brush.
I am brushing the paint onto the walls.
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Brush

(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
'She brushes the flour off your clothes.
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Brush

(ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
Her scarf brushed his skin.
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Brush

(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
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Brush

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.
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Brush

The bushy tail of a fox.
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Brush

A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
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Brush

Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
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Brush

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

land covered with brush{5}; in Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.
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Brush

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.
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Brush

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.
[As leaves] have with one winter's brushFell from their boughts.
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Brush

A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy; a brush with the law.
Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong,And tempt not yet the brushes of the war.
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Brush

A short contest, or trial, of speed.
Let us enjoy a brush across the country.
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Brush

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

To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
Some spread their sailes, some with strong oars sweepThe waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave.
Brushed with the kiss of rustling wings.
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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.
As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushedWith raven's feather from unwholesome fen.
And from the boughts brush off the evil dew.
You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to brush you up like your neighbors.
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Brush

To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
Snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind.
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Brush

a dense growth of bushes
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Brush

an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
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Brush

momentary contact
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Brush

conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
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Brush

a minor short-term fight
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Brush

the act of brushing your teeth;
the dentist recommended two brushes a day
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Brush

the act of brushing your hair;
he gave his hair a quick brush
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Brush

contact with something dangerous or undesirable;
I had a brush with danger on my way to work
he tried to avoid any brushes with the police
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Brush

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;
Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket
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Brush

touch lightly and briefly;
He brushed the wall lightly
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Brush

clean with a brush;
She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet
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Brush

sweep across or over;
Her long skirt brushed the floor
A gasp swept cross the audience
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Brush

remove with or as if with a brush;
brush away the crumbs
brush the dust from the jacket
brush aside the objections
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Brush

cover by brushing;
brush the bread with melted butter
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