brush vs egret

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. 

egret

noun
  • A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament. 

  • Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. 

  • The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle. 

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