1. brush - Noun
2. brush - Verb
3. Brush - Proper noun
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.
The bushy tail of a fox.
A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
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.
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.
A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
A short contest, or trial, of speed.
To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.
To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEvery artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. Henry Ward Beecher
Real painters understand with a brush in their hand. Berthe Morisot
The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell. Edvard Munch
A hair on the head is worth two on the brush. Irish Proverb
One who enters a forest does not listen to the breaking of the twigs in the brush. Zambian Proverb
A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. Irish Proverb