- brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket - a dense growth of bushes
--1 is a kind of vegetation, flora
--1 has particulars:brake; canebrake; spinney; underbrush, undergrowth, underwood - brush - an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
--2 is a kind of implement
--2 has parts: bristle; handle, grip, handgrip, hold
--2 has particulars:bottlebrush; bristle brush; clothesbrush; hairbrush; nailbrush; paintbrush; sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil; scrub brush, scrubbing brush, scrubber; shaving brush; toothbrush Derived forms: verb brush3, verb brush1, verb brush5 - brush, light touch - momentary contact
--3 is a kind of touch, touching
Derived form: verb brush2 - brush - conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
--4 is a kind of electrical device
--4 is a part of generator; electric motor- brush, clash, encounter, skirmish - a minor short-term fight
--5 is a kind of fight, fighting, combat, scrap
--5 has particulars: contretemps- brush, brushing - the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
--6 is a kind of dental care
- brush, brushing - the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush"
--7 is a kind of hair care, haircare, hairdressing
- 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"
--8 is a kind of contact
- brush, clash, encounter, skirmish - a minor short-term fight
- brush - rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
--1 is one way to rub
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun brush2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- brush - touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
--2 is one way to touch
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun brush3
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
- brush - clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
--3 is one way to clean, make clean
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun brush2
They brush the cape
- brush, sweep - sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
--4 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- brush - remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
--5 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun brush2
Somebody ----s something
- brush - cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
--6 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:
They brush the bread with melted butter