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Noun brush has 8 senses

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

Verb brush has 6 senses

brush - rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
--₁ is one way to rub

Derived form: noun brush₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
brush - touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
--₂ is one way to touch

Derived form: noun brush₃
Sample sentences:
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

Derived form: noun brush₂
Sample sentence:
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

Derived form: noun brush₂
Sample sentence:
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