Shrub vs. Brush

Shrubnoun

A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Shrubnoun

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

Shrubverb

(obsolete) To lop; to prune.

Shrubverb

To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

Shrubnoun

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

Shrubnoun

A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.

Shrubverb

To lop; to prune.

Shrubnoun

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

Shrub

A shrub (or bush, but this is more of a gardening term) is a small- to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground.

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.