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brush
I. noun Etymology: Middle English brusch, from an Anglo-French form akin to Old French broce brushwood, Medieval Latin brusca Date: 14th century 1. brushwood 2. a. scrub vegetation b. land covered with scrub vegetation II. noun Etymology: Middle English brusshe, from an Anglo-French form akin to Middle French broisse Date: 14th century 1. a device composed of bristles typically set into a handle and used especially for sweeping, smoothing, scrubbing, or painting 2. something resembling a brush: as a. a bushy tail b. a feather tuft worn on a hat 3. an electrical conductor that makes sliding contact between a stationary and a moving part (as of a generator or a motor) 4. a. an act of brushing b. a quick light touch or momentary contact in passing III. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. a. to apply a brush to b. to apply with a brush 2. a. to remove with passing strokes (as of a brush) b. to dispose of in an offhand way ; dismiss <
brushed him off
>
3. to pass lightly over or across ; touch gently against in passing • brusher noun IV. noun Etymology: Middle English brusche rush, hostile collision, from bruschen Date: 14th century a brief encounter or skirmish <
a brush with disaster
>
<
a brush with the law
>
V. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English bruschen to rush, probably from Middle French brosser to dash through underbrush, from broce Date: 1674 to move lightly or heedlessly <
brushed past the well-wishers waiting to greet him
>

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