What is the meaning of brush?

noun

• A dense growth of bushes.
  • synonyms: brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
• An implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle.
• Momentary contact.
  • synonyms: light touch
• Conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor.
• A bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox. )
• A minor short-term fight.
  • synonyms: clash, encounter, skirmish
• The act of brushing your teeth.
  • usage: "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
  • synonyms: brushing
• The act of brushing your hair.
  • usage: "he gave his hair a quick brush"
  • synonyms: brushing
• Contact with something dangerous or undesirable.
  • usage: "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.
  • usage: "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
• Touch lightly and briefly.
  • usage: "He brushed the wall lightly"
• Clean with a brush.
  • usage: "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
• Sweep across or over.
  • usage: "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
  • synonyms: sweep
• Remove with or as if with a brush.
  • usage: "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
• Cover by brushing.
  • usage: "brush the bread with melted butter"