an implement composed of filaments of hair, bristle, nylon, or wire set into a firm piece of material and used for grooming hair, painting, sweeping, or scrubbing

an act of brushing

a quick light touch or momentary contact in passing

a conductor, e.g. a piece of carbon or braided copper wire, that makes electrical contact between a stationary and a moving part

the bushy tail of a fox

(+ away/off) to remove (something) with sweeping strokes

She brushed the dirt off her coat

to touch or pass lightly over or across (something) or touch gently against it in passing

scrub vegetation, or land covered with it

chiefly NAmer, Aus = brushwood