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"the dentist recommended two brushes a day"nounthe act of brushing your teeth
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nouna dense growth of bushestype of:
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"he gave his hair a quick brush"nounthe act of brushing your hair
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nounmomentary contact
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"Her long skirt brushed the floor"verbsweep across or over
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nouna minor short-term fight
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nouna bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)type of:
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nounan implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handletype of:
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"She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"verbclean with a brushtype of:
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nounconducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motortype of:part of:
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"I had a brush with danger on my way to work" "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"nouncontact with something dangerous or undesirabletype of:
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"brush the bread with melted butter"verbcover by brushingtype of:
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"brush away the crumbs" "brush the dust from the jacket" "brush aside the objections"verbremove with or as if with a brush
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"Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"verbrub with a brush, or as if with a brushtype of:
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"He brushed the wall lightly"verbtouch lightly and brieflytype of:
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take move fight touch clean cover fighting contact remove tail touching combat rub encounter sweep brake withdraw scrap toothbrush flora flick clash rake brushing implement vegetation graze crease sable hairdressing botany hairbrush skirmish thicket paintbrush undergrowth underwood scrubber brushwood canebrake spinney contretemps copse underbrush dental care coppice brushy hair care haircare light touch bristle brush clothesbrush bottlebrush nailbrush sable's hair pencil sable brush scrub brush scrubbing brush shaving brush make clean electrical device take away