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noun 
  1. 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.
  2. A spring-loaded electrical contact, usually of carbon, between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
  3. The act of brushing something.
She gave her hair a quick .
  1. (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees.
  2. A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
He has had brushes with communism from time to time.
  1. The tail of a fox.
  2. In 3D computer games, a convex polyhedron, esp. one that defines structure of the play area.
  3. (context, poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: borstel
  • French: accrochage(fr)m
  • German: de(de, Fuchsschwanz, m}}, (t, de, Lunte), {{t+)Standarte
  • Italian: incontro ; scontro
  • Spanish: pincelada
verb (brushes, brushing, brushed)
  1. To clean with a brush.
Brush your teeth.
  1. To untangle or arrange with a brush.
Brush your hair.
  1. To apply with a brush.
Brush the paint onto the walls.
  1. To remove with a sweeping motion.
Brush the flour off your clothes.
  1. 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.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: (van de tafel vegen, van de tafel) vegen
  • French: brosser(fr)
  • German: wegwischen
  • Italian: scopare(it)
  • Spanish: rozar

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