(US, colloquial, dated) Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
(of actions) Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
(of things) Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
noun
(geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
(obsolete) An attack or assault.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
A sudden burst of rain.
Broken fragments of ice.
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To disturb.
brush
brush
noun
(North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
(computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
(poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
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.
The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
verb
(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
(transitive) To apply with a brush.
(transitive) To clean with a brush.
(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
(transitive, intransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
buhrs
herbs
herbs
noun
plural of herb
shrab
shrab
Noun
form of (a drink of fruit juice, spirits, etc.)
shrub
shrub
noun
(Kenyan English) A word mispronounced by replacing some consonant sounds with others of a similar place of articulation due to interference from one's knowledge of an indigenous Kenyan language.
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.
A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
verb
(obsolete) To lop; to prune.
(transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing some consonant sounds with others of a similar place of articulation due to interference from one's knowledge of an indigenous Kenyan language.