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noun
- An implement with a handle, and a head with multiple more or less flexible bristles, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
- A spring-loaded electrical contact, usually of carbon, between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
- The act of brushing something.
- She gave her hair a quick .
- (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees.
- A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
- He has had brushes with communism from time to time.
- The tail of a fox.
- In 3D computer games, a convex polyhedron, esp. one that defines structure of the play area.
- (context, poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
verb (brushes, brushing, brushed)
- To clean with a brush.
- Brush your teeth.
- To untangle or arrange with a brush.
- Brush your hair.
- To apply with a brush.
- Brush the paint onto the walls.
- To remove with a sweeping motion.
- Brush the flour off your clothes.
- To touch with a sweeping motion.
- Her scarf brushed his skin.
- 1990 October 28, w:Paul Simon, Paul Simon, "Further to Fly", w:The Rhythm of the Saints, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
- : Maybe you will find a love that you discover accidentally, who falls against you gently as a pickpocket brushes your thigh.
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