brush

brush
    n 1: a dense growth of bushes [syn: {brush}, {brushwood},
         {coppice}, {copse}, {thicket}]
    2: an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a
       handle
    3: momentary contact [syn: {brush}, {light touch}]
    4: conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a
       generator or motor
    5: a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
    6: a minor short-term fight [syn: {brush}, {clash}, {encounter},
       {skirmish}]
    7: the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two
       brushes a day" [syn: {brush}, {brushing}]
    8: the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick
       brush" [syn: {brush}, {brushing}]
    9: 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: {brush}, {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"
    

Brush \Brush\ (br[u^]sh), n. [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce,
   brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr.
   OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, b["u]rste
   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.
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   2. The bushy tail of a fox.
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   3. (Zool.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
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   4. Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
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   5. A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small
      trees in a wood; underbrush.
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   6. land covered with brush[5]; in Australia, a dense growth
      of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees,
      mostly small.
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   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.
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   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.
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            [As leaves] have with one winter's brush
            Fell from their boughts.              --Shak.
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   9. A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as,
      to have a brush with an enemy; a brush with the law.
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            Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong,
            And tempt not yet the brushes of the war. --Shak.
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   10. A short contest, or trial, of speed.
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             Let us enjoy a brush across the country. --Cornhill
                                                  Mag.
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   {Electrical brush}, a form of the electric discharge
      characterized by a brushlike appearance of luminous rays
      diverging from an electrified body.
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Brush \Brush\, v. i.
   To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be
   perceived; as, to brush by.
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         Snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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Brush \Brush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brushed} (br[u^]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.
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   2. To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a
      brush.
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            Some spread their sailes, some with strong oars
            sweep
            The waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave.
                                                  --Fairfax.
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            Brushed with the kiss of rustling wings. --Milton.
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   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.
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            As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed
            With raven's feather from unwholesome fen. --Shak.
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            And from the boughts brush off the evil dew.
                                                  --Milton.
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   {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.
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            You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I
            have done my best to brush you up like your
            neighbors.                            --Pope.
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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 code(s): 80723
    

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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      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