Main entry: brush
Definition: contact with something dangerous or undesirable
Usage: I had a brush with danger on my way to work; he tried to avoid any brushes with the police
Definition: the act of brushing your hair
Usage: he gave his hair a quick brush
Definition: the act of brushing your teeth
Usage: the dentist recommended two brushes a day
Main entry: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
Definition: a minor short-term fight
Main entry: brush
Definition: a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
Main entry: brush
Definition: an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
Main entry: brush
Definition: conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
Main entry: light touch, brush
Definition: momentary contact
Main entry: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
Definition: a dense growth of bushes
Main entry: brush
Definition: remove with or as if with a brush
Usage: brush away the crumbs; brush the dust from the jacket; brush aside the objections
Main entry: brush
Definition: touch lightly and briefly
Usage: He brushed the wall lightly
Main entry: brush
Definition: rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
Usage: Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket
Main entry: brush
Definition: clean with a brush
Usage: She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet
Main entry: brush
Definition: cover by brushing
Usage: brush the bread with melted butter
Definition: sweep across or over
Usage: Her long skirt brushed the floor; A gasp swept cross the audience