brush
Noun
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subtypes:
- brake - an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- canebrake - a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane)
- spinney - a copse that shelters game
- underbrush, undergrowth, underwood - the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
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is a type of: implement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an endsubtypes:
- bottlebrush - a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles
- bristle brush - a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant
- clothesbrush - a brush used for cleaning clothing
- hairbrush - a brush used to groom a person's hair
- nailbrush - a brush used to clean a person's fingernails
- paintbrush - a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)
- sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil - an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- scrub brush, scrubber, scrubbing brush - a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning
- shaving brush - a brush used to apply lather prior to shaving
- toothbrush - small brush; has long handle; used to clean teeth
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same as: light touch
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is a type of: electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricityis a part of:
- electric motor - a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work
- generator - engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
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is a type of: tail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
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subtypes: contretemps - an awkward clash
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is a type of: dental care - care for the teethsame as: brushing
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is a type of: hair care, haircare, hairdressing - care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hairsame as: brushing
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is a type of: contact - close interaction
Verb
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is a type of: rub - move over something with pressure
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is a type of: touch - make physical contact with, come in contact with
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is a type of: clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances fromverb group: brush - remove with or as if with a brush
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsame as: sweep
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is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractverb group: brush - clean with a brush
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is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
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- Nouns denoting natural events
- Specific
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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