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What (who) is brushes - definition

TOOL WITH FILAMENTS FOR CLEANING, APPLYING MATERIALS OR OTHER PURPOSES

Brushes; Camel Hair; Clothes brush; Nylon Brushes; Clothing brush

brushes

a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound.

brush

n.

1.

Skirmish, engagement, rencounter, encounter, contest, fight, conflict, collision, action, affair.

2.

Thicket, bushes, shrubs, underwood, brushwood.

brush

brush¹

¦ noun

1. an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used for cleaning, smoothing, or painting.

an act of brushing.

2. a slight and fleeting touch.

a brief encounter with something bad or unwelcome: a brush with death.

3. the bushy tail of a fox.

4. (usu. brushes) a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound.

5. a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator.

6. Austral./NZ informal girls or women regarded sexually.

¦ verb

1. clean, smooth, or apply with a brush.

2. touch or push lightly and gently.

3. (brush someone/thing off) dismiss someone or something in an abrupt, contemptuous way.

4. (brush up on or brush something up) work to regain a previously learned skill.

Derivatives

brushless adjective (chiefly technical).

brushy adjective

Origin

ME: noun from OFr. broisse; verb partly from OFr. brosser 'to sweep'.

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brush²

¦ noun chiefly N. Amer. & Austral./NZ undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.

?N. Amer. cut brushwood.

?Austral./NZ dense forest.

Origin

ME: from OFr. broce, perh. based on L. bruscum, denoting an excrescence on a maple.

Wikipedia

Brush

A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during use. The material of both the block and bristles or filaments is chosen to withstand hazards of its intended use, such as corrosive chemicals, heat or abrasion. It is used for cleaning, grooming hair, make up, painting, surface finishing and for many other purposes. It is one of the most basic and versatile tools in use today, and the average household may contain several dozen varieties.

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Examples of use of brushes

1. There were thin brushes and thick, brushes with soft, plump, white bristles, and others with firmer, tapered, brown tips.

2. Southworth showers him, brushes his teeth and washes his hands.

3. Earl Baker of Kenner carried toothpaste, tooth brushes and deodorant.

4. On the counters smaller brushes were displayed in porcelain pots.

5. It mass–produces not only brushes for turbine generators with different kinds of power output but also brushes for car motors and electric motors.