brush
An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
Noun 4 meanings
An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
The act of brushing something.
“She gave her hair a quick brush.”
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
Verb 4 meanings
To clean with a brush.
“Brush your teeth.”
To untangle or arrange with a brush.
“Brush your hair.”
To apply with a brush.
“I am brushing the paint onto the walls.”
To remove with a sweeping motion.
“She brushed the flour off my clothes.”
Etymology
From Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse), from Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or also Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusgo-.
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BRUSH at a glance
BRUSH has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (B 3 + R 1 + U 1 + S 1 + H 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,740 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with brush
All rhymesOne letter away
- CRUSH10
- BLUSH10
- BRASH10
- BRUST7
- BRUGH11
- FRUSH11
- BRUSK11
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