[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brush \brush\ bru^sh, n. oe. brusche, of. broche, broce,
   brosse, brushwood, f. brosse brush, ll. brustia, bruscia, fr.
   ohg. brusta, brust, bristle, g. borste bristle, b"urste
   brush. see bristle, n., and cf. browse.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. the bushy tail of a fox.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. a tuft of hair on the mandibles.
      1913 webster

   4. branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
      1913 webster

   5. a thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small
      trees in a wood; underbrush.
      1913 webster

   6. land covered with brush5; in australia, a dense growth
      of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees,
      mostly small.
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   7. elec. 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.
      1913 webster

   8. 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.
      1913 webster

            as leaves have with one winter's brush
            fell from their boughts.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   9. a skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as,
      to have a brush with an enemy; a brush with the law.
      1913 webster

            let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong,
            and tempt not yet the brushes of the war. --shak.
      1913 webster

   10. a short contest, or trial, of speed.
       1913 webster

             let us enjoy a brush across the country. --cornhill
                                                  mag.
       1913 webster

   electrical brush, a form of the electric discharge
      characterized by a brushlike appearance of luminous rays
      diverging from an electrified body.
      1913 webster
see also:
bristle browse electrical brush 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brush \brush\, v. i.
   to move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be
   perceived; as, to brush by.
   1913 webster

         snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind.
                                                  --goldsmith.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brush \brush\, v. t. imp.  p. p. brushed bru^sht; p. pr.
    vb. n. brushing. oe. bruschen; cf. f. brosser. see
   brush, n.
   1. to apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to
      rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. "a' brushes
      his hat o' mornings." --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a
      brush.
      1913 webster

            some spread their sailes, some with strong oars
            sweep
            the waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave.
                                                  --fairfax.
      1913 webster

            brushed with the kiss of rustling wings. --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. to remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of
      brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly
      with off.
      1913 webster

            as wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed
            with raven's feather from unwholesome fen. --shak.
      1913 webster

            and from the boughts brush off the evil dew.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   to brush aside, to remove from one's way, as with a brush.
      

   to brush away, to remove, as with a brush or brushing
      motion.

   to brush up, to paint, or make clean or bright with a
      brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew.
      1913 webster

            you have commissioned me to paint your shop, and i
            have done my best to brush you up like your
            neighbors.                            --pope.
      1913 webster
see also:
brushed brushing brush to brush aside to brush away to brush up 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brush
     n 1: a dense growth of bushes syn: brushwood, coppice, copse,
           thicket
     2: an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a
        handle
     3: momentary contact syn: light touch
     4: conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a
        generator or motor
     5: a minor short-term fight syn: clash, encounter, skirmish
     6: the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two
        brushes a day" syn: brushing
     7: the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick
        brush" syn: brushing
     8: 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"
     v 1: rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "johnson brushed
          the hairs from his jacket"
     2: touch lightly and briefly; "he brushed the wall lightly"
     3: clean with a brush; "she brushed the suit before hanging it
        back into the closet"
     4: sweep across or over; "her long skirt brushed the floor"; "a
        gasp swept cross the audience" syn: sweep
     5: remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs";
        "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the
        objections"
     6: cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
see also:
brushwood coppice copse thicket light touch clash 
encounter skirmish brushing sweep 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

333 moby thesaurus words for "brush":
   arabia deserta, death valley, sahara, action, aerial combat,
   affray, air brush, air-dry, anhydrate, armored combat, art paper,
   attouchement, back country, backlog, backwoods, bake,
   ball the jack, barrel, barren, barren land, barrens, battle,
   battle royal, bavin, beak, bed, bed down, besom, blot, boom,
   boondock, boondocks, borderland, boscage, bowl along, bracken,
   brake, break, breath, breeze, breeze along, bridle, broom, brush,
   brush by, brush off, brush-off, brushwood, bullfight, bump, bunt,
   burn, bush, bush country, bushveld, camera lucida, camera obscura,
   canvas, caress, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, chalk,
   charcoal, chuck, clash, clash of arms, clean, clip, cockfight,
   collide, combat, come in contact, con, conflict, contact,
   contingence, copse, crayon, cue, cure, curry, currycomb, cut along,
   cutaneous sense, dab, dehumidify, dehydrate, desert, desiccate,
   desolation, dismiss, disregard, dock, dogfight, drain,
   drawing paper, drawing pencil, drench, drier, dry, dust bowl,
   easel, embroilment, encounter, engagement, evaporate,
   exchange of blows, exsiccate, fagot, fantail, feed, feel, feeling,
   fight, fillip, fingertip caress, fire, fire fight, firewood,
   fixative, fleet, flick, flip, flirt, flit, fly, fly low, fodder,
   foot, forests, fray, frontier, gather, gentle, glance, go fast,
   go over, graze, groom, ground, ground combat, grove, hairbrush,
   hand-mindedness, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, handle,
   harness, heath, highball, hinterland, hit, hitch,
   house-to-house combat, howling wilderness, ignore, impinge,
   impingement, impingence, insolate, karroo, kiln, kindling,
   kindlings, kiss, lambency, lap, lay figure, lick, light touch,
   litter, log, lunar landscape, lunar waste, make knots, manage,
   maulstick, medium, melee, milk, mummify, naval combat, nip, nudge,
   osculate, osculation, outback, outpost, outstrip the wind, paint,
   paintbrush, palette, palette knife, parch, passage of arms, pastel,
   pat, peck, pencil, pick, pigments, pigtail, pile, pitched battle,
   pour it on, put aside, quarrel, queue, rap, rattail, rebuff,
   refresh, restudy, review, rip, rub, rub down, rumble, run-in,
   running fight, saddle, salt flat, scorch, scramble, scrape,
   scratchboard, scrimmage, scrub, scrubwood, scuffle, sear,
   sense of touch, set-to, shave, shoving match, shrivel, shrubwood,
   shrug off, siccative, sideswipe, sizzle, sketchbook, sketchpad,
   skim, skirmish, skirt, smoke, snap, soak up, spatula, speed,
   sponge, spray gun, squeak by, stand-up fight, storm along,
   stovewood, street fight, stroke, struggle, stub, study, stump, sun,
   sun-dry, swab, sweep, sweep out, sweep up, tactile sense, taction,
   tail, tailpiece, tame, tangency, tap, tauromachy, tear, tear along,
   tend, tentative contact, tentative poke, the bush, thicket,
   thunder along, tickle, timbers, tip, toothbrush, torrefy, touch,
   touch lightly, touch upon, touching, towel, train, tug-of-war,
   tussle, underbrush, undergrowth, underwood, uninhabited region,
   up-country, vacuum, vacuum-clean, varnish, virgin land,
   virgin territory, waste, wasteland, water, weary waste, weazen,
   whisk, whisper, whiz, wild, wild west, wilderness, wilds, wipe,
   wither, wizen, wood, woodlands, woods, yoke, yule clog, yule log,
   zing, zip, zoom

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

brush, co city, fips 9555
  location: 40.25675 n, 103.63230 w
  population 1990: 4165 1720 housing units
  area: 6.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 80723

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

brush, co -- u.s. city in colorado
   population 2000:    5117
   housing units 2000: 1923
   land area 2000:     2.413702 sq. miles 6.251460 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.413702 sq. miles 6.251460 sq. km
   fips code:            09555
   located within:       colorado co, fips 08
   location:             40.257836 n, 103.628109 w
   zip codes 1990:     80723
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    brush, co
    brush

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