brush vs mullet

brush

noun
  • A tuft of hair on the mandibles. 

  • An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals. 

  • An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture. 

  • A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality. 

  • Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths. 

  • In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area. 

  • The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino. 

  • A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience. 

  • A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine. 

  • 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. 

  • The act of brushing something. 

  • Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland. 

  • The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox. 

  • A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks. 

verb
  • To clean with a brush. 

  • To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing. 

  • To untangle or arrange with a brush. 

  • To apply with a brush. 

  • To clean one's teeth by brushing them. 

  • To remove with a sweeping motion. 

mullet

noun
  • A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back. 

  • A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish). 

  • A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader. 

  • The rowel of a spur. 

  • A fool. 

  • Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus Moxostoma, the redhorses) 

  • A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points. 

  • A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (the grey mullets). 

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