The act of brushing something.
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.
A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
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.
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.
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.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of reaping.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The material cut off in this way.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
Tending to cut or tear.