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- DictionaryBrush/brəSH/
noun
- 1. an implement with a handle, consisting of bristles, hair, or wire set into a block, used for cleaning or scrubbing, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, arranging the hair, or other purposes: "a paint brush"
- 2. a slight and fleeting touch: "the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek"
verb
- 1. remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing: "we'll be able to brush the mud off easily"
- 2. touch something lightly and gently: "their fingers brushed as she took the glass from him"
: a device composed of bristles typically set into a handle and used especially for sweeping, smoothing, scrubbing, or painting. 2. : something resembling a brush: such as. a. : a bushy tail. b. : a feather tuft worn on a hat. 3.
an object with short pieces of stiff hair, plastic, or wire attached to a base or handle, used for cleaning, arranging your hair, or painting: I can't find my brush, but I still have my comb. You'll need a stiff brush to scrape off the rust. a clothes brush. a scrubbing (US scrub) brush. a pastry brush.
Brush definition: an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.. See examples of BRUSH used in a sentence.
BRUSH meaning: 1. an object with short pieces of stiff hair, plastic, or wire attached to a base or handle, used…. Learn more.
n. 1. an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like and a handle, used for painting, cleaning, grooming, etc. 2. either of a pair of wire-bristled, brushlike devices used to mark a soft rhythmic beat on drums or cymbals. 3. the bushy tail of an animal, esp. a fox.
The noun brush can refer to a thick growth of scrub vegetation. You'll have to clear away the brush if you want to plant a garden there. As a verb, brush can mean to sweep, either literally or metaphorically. You can brush the dirt from the floor, but you can't just brush away your past misdeeds.
A brush is an object with a large number of bristles fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
a device having bristles, hairs, or wires fastened into a hard back, with or without a handle attached: brushes are used for cleaning, polishing, painting, smoothing the hair, etc. b. a device of wires attached in a fanlike spread to a handle, used as on drums or cymbals for a swishing or muted effect. 4.
Definition of brush noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
an object made of short, thin pieces of plastic, wire, etc fixed to a handle and used to tidy hair, to clean, to paint, etc: a stiff wire brush. brush noun (ACTION) the action of using a brush: I need to give my hair a quick brush. the brush of sth. the feeling of something touching you lightly: She felt the brush of his lips against her cheek.
