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Brush
- noun - a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
- a dense growth of bushes
- a minor short-term fight
- an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
- conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- contact with something dangerous or undesirable; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"
- cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
- momentary contact
- remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
- rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
- sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
- the act of brushing your
Brusk
- adjective - marked by rude or peremptory shortness;
Brute
- adjective - a cruelly rapacious person
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
Bryan
- noun - a town of east central Texas
- United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
Bryum
- noun - type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules
Buber
- noun - Israeli religious philosopher (born in Austria); as a Zionist he promoted understanding between Jews and Arabs; his writings affected Christian thinkers as well as Jews (1878-1965)
Buchu
- - A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves.
Bucks
- noun - a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
- mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
- move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
- resist; "buck the trend"
- to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"
- United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)