How to pronounce brush

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What brush means

noun

Most people know brush in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

Wild bushes and shrubs growing close together

In a sentence: A rabbit darted out of the brush and raced across the dusty trail.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word. It may go back to two old Germanic words, one meaning a bristle and one meaning a tuft of plants or a thicket.

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