Brush vs. Bush

Brushnoun

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

Brushnoun

The act of brushing something.

Brushnoun

A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.

Brushnoun

A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.

Brushnoun

(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (Wikipedia).

Brushnoun

A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.

Brushnoun

The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.

Brushnoun

(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

Brushnoun

(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.

Brushnoun

(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.

Brushnoun

(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.

Brushnoun

(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.

Brushnoun

The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.

Brushnoun

(North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.

Brushverb

(transitive) To clean with a brush.

Brushverb

(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.

Brushverb

(transitive) To apply with a brush.

Brushverb

(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.

Brushverb

(ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.

Brushverb

(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.

Brushnoun

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.

Brushnoun

The bushy tail of a fox.

Brushnoun

A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

Brushnoun

Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.

Brushnoun

A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.

Brushnoun

land covered with brush{5}; in Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.

Brushnoun

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.

Brushnoun

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.

Brushnoun

A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy; a brush with the law.

Brushnoun

A short contest, or trial, of speed.

Brushverb

To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.

Brushverb

To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.

Brushverb

To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; - commonly with off.

Brushverb

To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.

Brushnoun

a dense growth of bushes

Brushnoun

an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

Brushnoun

momentary contact

Brushnoun

conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

Brushnoun

a minor short-term fight

Brushnoun

the act of brushing your teeth;

Brushnoun

the act of brushing your hair;

Brushnoun

contact with something dangerous or undesirable;

Brushverb

rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;

Brushverb

touch lightly and briefly;

Brushverb

clean with a brush;

Brushverb

sweep across or over;

Brushverb

remove with or as if with a brush;

Brushverb

cover by brushing;

Brushnoun

an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair

Brushnoun

an act of sweeping, applying, or arranging with a brush or with one's hand

Brushnoun

a light and fleeting touch

Brushnoun

a brief encounter with someone or something unpleasant or notable

Brushnoun

the bushy tail of a fox.

Brushnoun

a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound on drums or cymbals.

Brushnoun

a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator.

Brushnoun

girls or women regarded sexually

Brushnoun

undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.

Brushnoun

land covered with undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.

Brushnoun

cut brushwood.

Brushnoun

dense forest.

Brushverb

remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing

Brushverb

use a brush or one's hand to remove dust or dirt from (something)

Brushverb

clean (one's teeth) with a brush.

Brushverb

arrange (one's hair) by running a brush through it

Brushverb

apply a liquid to (a surface) with a brush

Brushverb

touch lightly and gently

Brushverb

push (something) away with a quick movement of the hand

Brush

A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during use.

Bushnoun

(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

Bushnoun

A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.

Bushnoun

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

Bushnoun

(historical) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

Bushnoun

(hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Bushnoun

(archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.

Bushnoun

(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.

Bushnoun

(Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.

Bushnoun

(New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.

Bushnoun

(Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.

Bushnoun

(Canadian) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

Bushnoun

(baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

Bushnoun

A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

Bushnoun

A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.

Bushnoun

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

Bushverb

(intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushverb

To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

Bushverb

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.

Bushverb

(transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.

Bushadverb

(Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.

Bushadjective

(colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

Bushnoun

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

Bushnoun

A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

Bushnoun

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.

Bushnoun

A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

Bushnoun

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Bushnoun

A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.

Bushnoun

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

Bushverb

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushverb

To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

Bushverb

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.

Bushverb

To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

Bushnoun

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

Bushnoun

a large wilderness area

Bushnoun

dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

Bushnoun

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

Bushnoun

United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)

Bushnoun

Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)

Bushnoun

hair growing in the pubic area

Bushverb

provide with a bushing

Bushadjective

not of the highest quality or sophistication

Bushnoun

a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length

Bushnoun

a bunch of ivy as a vintner's sign.

Bushnoun

(especially in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country

Bushnoun

vegetation growing in the bush

Bushnoun

indigenous rainforest.

Bushnoun

uncivilized or primitive

Bushnoun

a luxuriant growth of thick hair or fur

Bushnoun

a woman's pubic hair.

Bushnoun

a metal lining for a round hole, especially one in which an axle revolves.

Bushnoun

a bearing for a revolving shaft.

Bushnoun

a sleeve that protects an electric cable where it passes through a panel.

Bushverb

spread out into a thick clump