[brʌʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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
(e.g: a shaving brush)

- a light and fleeting touch
(e.g: the lightest brush of his lips against her cheek)

- the bushy tail of a fox

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

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

- women regarded sexually
(e.g: ‘Beer first, brush later.’)


Phrases:
- as daft as a brush

Origin:
Middle English: noun from Old French broisse; verb partly from Old French brosser ‘to sweep’

[brʌʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing
(e.g: we'll be able to brush the mud off easily)

- touch something lightly and gently
(e.g: their fingers brushed as she took the glass from him)


Phrases:
- as daft as a brush

Origin:
Middle English: noun from Old French broisse; verb partly from Old French brosser ‘to sweep’

[brʌʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs
(e.g: trees and brush alongside the fields and channels are home to birds and other wildlife)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French broce, perhaps based on Latin bruscum, denoting an excrescence on a maple