Brush (n.) 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 |
Brush (n.) The bushy tail of a fox. |
Brush (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles. |
Brush (n.) Branches of trees lopped off |
Brush (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees |
Brush (n.) 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. |
Brush (n.) The act of brushing |
Brush (n.) A skirmish |
Brush (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed. |
Brush (n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use |
Brush (n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. |
Brush (n.) To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind |
Brush (v. i.) To move nimbly in haste |
Brush turkey () A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea. |
Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
Brush wheel () A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
Colt's tooth () See under Colt. |
Fore tooth () One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth |
Lion's tooth () See Leontodon. |
Tooth (n.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food. |
Tooth (n.) Fig.: Taste |
Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office |
Tooth (n.) A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through. |
Tooth (n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk. |
Tooth (n.) An angular or prominence on any edge |
Tooth (n.) one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome. |
Tooth (n.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food |
Tooth (v. t.) To furnish with teeth. |
Tooth (v. t.) To indent |
Tooth (v. t.) To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4. |
Toothbrush (n.) A brush for cleaning the teeth. |
brush | contact with something dangerous or undesirable, I had a brush with danger on my way to work, he tried to avoid any brushes with the police |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
tooth | a means of enforcement, the treaty had no teeth in it |
brush-off | a curt or disdainful rejection |
brush brushing | the act of brushing your hair, he gave his hair a quick brush |
brush brushing | the act of brushing your teeth, the dentist recommended two brushes a day |
brush clash encounter skirmish | a minor short-term fight |
brush turkey Alectura lathami | black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea |
wallaby brush kangaroo | any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos, often brightly colored |
brush-tailed phalanger Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
tooth shell tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
bleeding tooth Nerita peloronta | gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening, of the Caribbean area |
coyote prairie wolf brush wolf Canis latrans | small wolf native to western North America |
tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell |
brush | a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) |
nymphalid nymphalid butterfly brush-footed butterfly four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
brush-tailed porcupine brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
bristle brush | a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant |
brush | an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle |
brush | conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor |
electric toothbrush | a toothbrush with an electric motor in the handle that vibrates the head of the brush |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
rigger rigger brush | a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists |
sable sable brush sable's hair pencil | an artist's brush made of sable hairs |
scrub brush scrubbing brush scrubber | a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning |
shaving brush | a brush used to apply lather prior to shaving |
tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal |
tooth | one of a number of uniform projections on a gear |
toothbrush | small brush, has long handle, used to clean teeth |
tooth powder toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
brush cut | a short haircut with hairs standing up like a brush |
soup-strainer toothbrush | slang for a mustache |
tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates, used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense |
carnassial tooth | the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore, having sharp edges for cutting flesh |
tooth socket alveolus | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth |
front tooth anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth, his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors |
back tooth posterior | a tooth situated at the back of the mouth |
malposed tooth | a tooth that has grown in a faulty position |
permanent tooth adult tooth | any of the teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age |
primary tooth deciduous tooth baby tooth milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
canine canine tooth eyetooth eye tooth dogtooth cuspid | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars |
wisdom tooth | any of the last teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw, the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages and ) |
root tooth root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
enamel tooth enamel | hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth |
brush fire | an uncontrolled fire that consumes brush and shrubs and bushes |
brush light touch | momentary contact |
sweet tooth | a strong appetite for sweet food |
brush brushwood coppice copse thicket | a dense growth of bushes |