a dense growth of bushes
Used in a Sentence
brush
How to use brush in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for brush.
Editorial note
One parchment, one pot of ink, one brush.
Examples13
Definitions15
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a dense growth of bushes
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of brush gathered in one view.
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
momentary contact
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for brush.
noun
a dense growth of bushes
noun
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
noun
momentary contact
noun
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
noun
a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
noun
a minor short-term fight
noun
the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
See also: brushing
noun
the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush"
See also: brushing
noun
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"
verb
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
verb
touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
verb
clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
verb
sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
See also: sweep
verb
remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
verb
cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
Example sentences
One parchment, one pot of ink, one brush.
This, as any would be, is certainly a valid way to respond to a brush with death.
But there's too much dry brush and weeds cluttering up their mandates and it needs to be burned out.
He doesn't own bedsheets or a sweeping brush because an immigrant maid cleans his hotel rooms.
My closest brush with metallurgy was in a high-school chemistry text-book, which to be honest bored me to death.
Painting in broad brush strokes, men tend to find that when they get married, society reinforces their career ambitions.
Maybe I'm applying too broad a brush, but I can see politics and current events in every post on HN -- and always have.
These are good things to read even if you have no intention of every picking up a brush, because they are not at all about the physics of color.
> Until that point, his only brush with the law was a temporary restraining order two years earlier.> "He started threatening me, saying that he would kill me.
Curtis tries to brush away criticism with his claim that the "kudos" number is "an otherwise meaningless number," but this argument is fatally flawed.
I assume you mean using some sort of Intuos tablet with various pen and brush tips and some sort of curve-smoothing software so you can trace over the output of GNUplot, yes?
It's a bit too easy and somewhat condescending to brush off public speaking as strictly inferior to written communication.
Each time I sit down to brush up on the details of Prim's algorithm or the exact implementation of quicksort, my eyes glaze over and I start thinking about how I'd much rather be building or tinkering with something.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use brush in a sentence?
One parchment, one pot of ink, one brush.
What does brush mean?
a dense growth of bushes
What part of speech is brush?
brush is commonly used as noun, verb.