Brush vs. Bush
Difference Between Brush and Bush
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.
Bushnoun
(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
Brushnoun
The act of brushing something.
She gave her hair a quick brush.Bushnoun
A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
Brushnoun
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
Bushnoun
A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
bushes to support pea vinesBrushnoun
A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
Bushnoun
(historical) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
Brushnoun
(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (Wikipedia).
Bushnoun
(hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
Brushnoun
A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
He has had brushes with communism from time to time.Bushnoun
(archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
Brushnoun
The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
Bushnoun
(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
Brushnoun
(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
Bushnoun
(Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
Brushnoun
(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
Bushnoun
(New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
Brushnoun
(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
Bushnoun
(Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
Brushnoun
(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
Bushnoun
(Canadian) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
Brushnoun
(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
Bushnoun
(baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
Brushnoun
The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
Bushnoun
A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
Brushnoun
(North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.
Bushnoun
A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
Brushverb
(transitive) To clean with a brush.
Brush your teeth.Bushnoun
A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
Brushverb
(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
Brush your hair.Bushverb
(intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
Brushverb
(transitive) To apply with a brush.
Brush the paint onto the walls.Bushverb
To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
to bush peasBrushverb
(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
Brush the flour off your clothes.Bushverb
To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the groundBrushverb
(ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
Her scarf brushed his skin.Bushverb
(transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.
to bush a pivot holeBrushverb
(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
Bushadverb
(Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.Brushnoun
a dense growth of bushes
Bushadjective
(colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.Brushnoun
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
Bushnoun
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
Brushnoun
momentary contact
Bushnoun
a large wilderness area
Brushnoun
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
Bushnoun
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
Brushnoun
a minor short-term fight
Bushnoun
43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
Brushnoun
the act of brushing your teeth;
the dentist recommended two brushes a dayBushnoun
United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)
Brushnoun
the act of brushing your hair;
he gave his hair a quick brushBushnoun
Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
Brushnoun
contact with something dangerous or undesirable;
I had a brush with danger on my way to workhe tried to avoid any brushes with the policeBushnoun
hair growing in the pubic area
Brushverb
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;
Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacketBushverb
provide with a bushing
Brushverb
touch lightly and briefly;
He brushed the wall lightlyBushadjective
not of the highest quality or sophistication
Brushverb
clean with a brush;
She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closetBrushverb
sweep across or over;
Her long skirt brushed the floorA gasp swept cross the audienceBrushverb
remove with or as if with a brush;
brush away the crumbsbrush the dust from the jacketbrush aside the objectionsBrushverb
cover by brushing;
brush the bread with melted butter
