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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
  • A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
  • A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
  • poker|slang The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
  • music An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
  • (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.
  • The act of brushing something.
  • The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
  • uncountable Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees.
  • video games In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, esp. one that defines structure of the play area.

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Verb:

  • To apply with a brush.
  • To clean with a brush.
  • To remove with a sweeping motion.
  • To touch with a sweeping motion.
  • To untangle or arrange with a brush.

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