Clues for the word "BRUSH"
We've had 47 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 58 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on August 04, 2026.
Definition of brush
- n. - An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.
- n. - The bushy tail of a fox.
- n. - A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- n. - Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
- n. - A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
- n. - A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.
- n. - The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.
- n. - A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
- n. - A short contest, or trial, of speed.
- n. - To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
- n. - To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
- n. - To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.
- v. i. - To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
Referring Clues
- Touch lightly
- Brief encounter
- Paint palette accompanier
- Close encounter
- Momentary contact
- Dentist's advice
- Toiletry kit item
- Grooming implement
- Dentist's directive
- Dentist's admonition
- Rebuff, with "off"
- Dentist's exhortation
- Hair-grooming tool
- Advice from a dentist
- Scrubber
- Comb companion
- Graze past
- Graze past
- Hairdresser's implement
- Hairdresser's implement
- Dense overgrowth
- Graze past
- Salon tool
- Toilet article
- Hair neatener
- Sweeper
- It may be used to put on latex
- Lint remover
- Corn broom's successor
- Sweep
- Art store purchase
- Fox's tail
- Broom
- The end of a fox
- A bit of trouble with the foxy part
- Touch base at start (career meeting)
- Black plant in bushes
- Hair salon staple
- Artist's tool
- Salon item
- Common scrubber
- Eye shadow applicator
- Paleontologist's tool
- Grooming item
- Painter's need
- Whisk broom
- Item for a painter or hairstylist
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 04, 2026
- New York Times - July 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 04, 2026
- Mirror Mini - January 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 31, 2025
- Mirror Mini - January 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 26, 2024
- New York Times - November 29, 2023
- USA Today - May 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 31, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 07, 2022
- Mirror Quick - January 27, 2018
- Mirror Mini - January 06, 2018
- Jonesin - December 19, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 17, 2017
- Mirror Quick - October 02, 2017
- Mirror Quick - July 20, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - January 13, 2017
- Mirror Mini - January 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - November 18, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 30, 2016
- Canadiana - June 06, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 05, 2015
- And in 28 more crossword puzzles...