brush | noun (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. |
| noun (n.) The bushy tail of a fox. |
| noun (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles. |
| noun (n.) Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood. |
| noun (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush. |
| noun (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. |
| noun (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. |
| noun (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy. |
| noun (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed. |
| noun (n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. |
| noun (n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. |
| noun (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. |
| noun (n.) In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small. |
| verb (v. i.) To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by. |
crush | noun (n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. |
| noun (n.) Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception. |
| verb (v. t.) To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. |
| verb (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz. |
| verb (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. |
| verb (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously. |
| verb (v. t.) To overcome completely; to subdue totally. |
| verb (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily. |
rush | noun (n.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus. |
| noun (n.) The merest trifle; a straw. |
| noun (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water. |
| noun (n.) Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. |
| noun (n.) A perfect recitation. |
| noun (n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush. |
| noun (n.) The act of running with the ball. |
| verb (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice. |
| verb (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation. |
| verb (v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward. |
| verb (v. t.) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. |
blush | noun (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty. |
| noun (n.) A red or reddish color; a rosy tint. |
| verb (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face. |
| verb (v. i.) To grow red; to have a red or rosy color. |
| verb (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers. |
| verb (v. t.) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate. |
| verb (v. t.) To express or make known by blushing. |
bush | noun (n.) A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. |
| noun (n.) A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. |
| noun (n.) A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. |
| noun (n.) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. |
| noun (n.) The tail, or brush, of a fox. |
| noun (n.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor. |
| noun (n.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. |
| verb (v. i.) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. |
| verb (v. t.) To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas. |
| verb (v. t.) To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground. |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole. |
flush | noun (n.) A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. |
| noun (n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. |
| noun (n.) Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset. |
| noun (n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy. |
| noun (n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed. |
| noun (n.) A hand of cards of the same suit. |
| adjective (a.) Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. |
| adjective (a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. |
| adjective (a.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint. |
| adjective (a.) Consisting of cards of one suit. |
| verb (v. i.) To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. |
| verb (v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush. |
| verb (v. i.) To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow. |
| verb (v. i.) To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement. |
| verb (v. t.) To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood. |
| verb (v. t.) To excite; to animate; to stir. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. |
| adverb (adv.) So as to be level or even. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water. |
| verb (v. i.) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood. |
| verb (v. i.) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass. |
mush | noun (n.) Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn. |
| noun (n.) A march on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs; as, he had a long mush before him; -- also used attributively. |
| verb (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp. |
| verb (v. i.) To travel on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs. |
| verb (v. t. ) To cause to travel or journey. |
| verb (v. t.) To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp. |
push | noun (n.) A pustule; a pimple. |
| noun (n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing. |
| noun (n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push. |
| noun (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action. |
| noun (n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push. |
| noun (n.) A crowd; a company or clique of associates; a gang. |
| verb (v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw. |
| verb (v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. |
| verb (v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. |
| verb (v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass. |
| verb (v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. |
| verb (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword. |
| verb (v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed. |
| verb (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot. |
slush | noun (n.) Soft mud. |
| noun (n.) A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow. |
| noun (n.) A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication. |
| noun (n.) The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard. |
| noun (n.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation. |
| verb (v. t.) To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast. |
| verb (v. t.) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime. |