brush
brush is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. The bushy tail of a fox.
- noun. A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- noun. Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
- noun. A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
- noun. A short contest, or trial, of speed.
- noun. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
- noun. To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
- noun. To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.
- intransitive verb. To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
- noun. 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"
- noun. the act of brushing your hair
"he gave his hair a quick brush"
- noun. the act of brushing your teeth
"the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
- noun. a minor short-term fight
- noun. a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- noun. an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- noun. conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- noun. momentary contact
- noun. a dense growth of bushes
- verb. remove with or as if with a brush
"brush away the crumbs"
"brush the dust from the jacket"
- verb. touch lightly and briefly
"He brushed the wall lightly"
- verb. rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
"Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
- verb. clean with a brush
"She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
- verb. cover by brushing
"brush the bread with melted butter"
- verb. sweep across or over
"Her long skirt brushed the floor"
"A gasp swept cross the audience"
Synonyms
brushing, clash, encounter, skirmish, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket, sweep
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in brush:
Common word forms
brushed, brusher, brushes, brushful, brushing, brushable, brushless
Words from these letters
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