brush

Noun

• 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
    

• the act of brushing your hair
  • he gave his hair a quick brush
    

• the act of brushing your teeth
  • the dentist recommended two brushes a day
    

• a minor short-term fight

• a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)

• conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

• momentary contact

• an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

• a dense growth of bushes

Verb

• cover by brushing
  • brush the bread with melted butter
    

• remove with or as if with a brush
  • brush away the crumbs
    
  • brush the dust from the jacket
    
  • brush aside the objections
    

• sweep across or over
  • Her long skirt brushed the floor
    
  • A gasp swept cross the audience
    

• clean with a brush
  • She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet
    

• touch lightly and briefly
  • He brushed the wall lightly
    

• rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
  • Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  brushing , clash , encounter , skirmish , light touch , brushwood , coppice , copse , thicket , sweep