What is "brush"

Brush \Brush\ (br[u^]sh), n. [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, b["u]rste brush. See Bristle, n., and cf. Browse.]

1. An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.

2. The bushy tail of a fox.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

4. Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.

5. A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.

6. land covered with brush[5]; in Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.

7. (Elec.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.

8. The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.

   [As leaves] have with one winter's brush Fell from their boughts.
   --Shak.

9. A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy; a brush with the law.

   Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong, And tempt not yet the brushes of the war.
   --Shak.

10. A short contest, or trial, of speed.

    Let us enjoy a brush across the country.
    --Cornhill Mag.

    Electrical brush, a form of the electric discharge characterized by a brushlike appearance of luminous rays diverging from an electrified body.

Brush \Brush\, v. i. To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.

Snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind.
--Goldsmith.

Brush \Brush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brushed (br[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Brushing.] [OE. bruschen; cf. F. brosser. See Brush, n.]

1. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. ``A' brushes his hat o' mornings.''
   --Shak.

2. To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.

   Some spread their sailes, some with strong oars sweep The waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave.
   --Fairfax.

   Brushed with the kiss of rustling wings.
   --Milton.

3. To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.

   As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen.
   --Shak.

   And from the boughts brush off the evil dew.
   --Milton.

   To brush aside, to remove from one's way, as with a brush.

   To brush away, to remove, as with a brush or brushing motion.

   To brush up, to paint, or make clean or bright with a brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew.

   You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to brush you up like your neighbors.
   --Pope.

late 15c., "to clean or rub (clothing) with a brush," also (mid-15c.) "to beat with a brush," from brush (n.1). Related: Brushed; brushing. To brush off someone or something, "rebuff, dismiss," is from 1941.

"dust-sweeper, a brush for sweeping," late 14c., also, c.1400, "brushwood, brushes;" from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse) "a brush" (13c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscia "a bunch of new shoots" (used to sweep away dust), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz "underbrush."

"shrubbery," early 14c., from Anglo-French bruce "brushwood," Old North French broche, Old French broce "bush, thicket, undergrowth" (12c., Modern French brosse), from Gallo-Roman *brocia, perhaps from *brucus "heather," or possibly from the same source as brush (n.1).

"move briskly" especially past or against something or someone, 1670s, from earlier sense (c.1400) "to hasten, rush," probably from brush (n.2), on the notion of a horse, etc., passing through dense undergrowth (compare Old French brosser "travel (through woods)," and Middle English noun brush "charge, onslaught, encounter," mid-14c.), but brush (n.1) probably has contributed something to it as well. Related: Brushed; brushing.\n

n. 1 An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filament attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair. 2 A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine. 3 The act of brushing something. 4 (lb en uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (http://en.wikipedi

1. org/wiki/Shrubland). v

2. 1 To clean with a brush. 2 To untangle or arrange with a brush. 3 To apply with a brush. 4 To remove with a sweeping motion. 5 To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.

1. v. rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"

2. touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"

3. clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"

4. sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" [syn: sweep]

5. remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"

6. cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"

1. n. a dense growth of bushes [syn: brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket]

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

3. momentary contact [syn: light touch]

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

5. a minor short-term fight [syn: clash, encounter, skirmish]

6. the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day" [syn: brushing]

7. the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush" [syn: brushing]

8. 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"

A brush is a tool with bristles, wire or other filaments, used for cleaning, grooming hair, make up, painting, surface finishing and for many other purposes. It is one of the most basic and versatile tools known to mankind, and the average household may contain several dozen varieties. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed either parallel- or perpendicular-wise, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during use. The material of both the block and bristles or filaments is chosen to withstand hazards of its application, such as corrosive chemicals, heat or abrasion.

__NOTOC__ A brush is a device with bristles, wire or other filaments used for cleaning, grooming, painting ( paintbrush), etc. Brush may also refer to:

A brush is a device which conducts current between stationary wires and moving parts, most commonly in a rotating shaft. Typical applications include electric motors, alternators and electric generators.

Brushes are templates, used in some 3D video games such as games based on the Quake engine, the Source game engine, or Unreal Engine, to construct levels. Brushes can be primitive shapes (such as cubes, spheres & cones), pre-defined shapes (such as staircases), or custom shapes (such as prisms and other polyhedra).

During the map compilation process, brushes are turned into meshes that can be rendered by the game engine. Often brushes are restricted to convex shapes only, as this reduces the complexity of the binary space partitioning process. However, using CSG operations, complex rooms and objects can be created by adding, subtracting and intersecting brushes to and from one another. Additionally, brushes can used as liquids or as an area trigger.

Brush is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Charles F. Brush (1849–1929), United States inventor
• George de Forest Brush (1855–1941), United States painter
• George Jarvis Brush (1831–1912), United States mineralogist
• Henry Brush (1778–1855), United States legislator
• Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), former mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Joey Brush (1955-2015), American politician
• John T. Brush (1845–1912), United States sports executive
• Katharine Brush (1902–1952), United States author
• Paul Brush (born 1958), English footballer
• Richard Brush (born 1984), English footballer