Noun

• S: (n) brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket (a dense growth of bushes)
• S: (n) brush (an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle)
• S: (n) brush, light touch (momentary contact)
• S: (n) brush (conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• S: (n) brush (a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox))
• S: (n) brush, clash, encounter, skirmish (a minor short-term fight)
• S: (n) brush, brushing (the act of brushing your teeth) "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
• S: (n) brush, brushing (the act of brushing your hair) "he gave his hair a quick brush"
• S: (n) 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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

Verb

• S: (v) brush (rub with a brush, or as if with a brush) "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
• S: (v) brush (touch lightly and briefly) "He brushed the wall lightly"
• S: (v) brush (clean with a brush) "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
• S: (v) brush, sweep (sweep across or over) "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
• S: (v) brush (remove with or as if with a brush) "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
• S: (v) brush (cover by brushing) "brush the bread with melted butter"