noun
- a tool with bristles, hair, or wire attached to a handle, used for cleaning, grooming, or painting
- small trees, shrubs, or bushes growing thickly together
- a brief encounter or contact with something
verb
- to clean, groom, or smooth with a brush
- to touch lightly in passing
- to remove or dismiss something quickly
Examples
- She used a brush to paint the fence.
- I need to brush my teeth before bed.
- The hikers got lost in the thick brush.
- He had a brush with the law last year.
- The cat brushed against my leg.
- She brushed the crumbs off the table.
- Don’t brush off his concerns so quickly.