Usually means: Tools for applying, grooming, painting.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word brushes:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. brushes: Merriam-Webster
  2. brushes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brushes: Collins English Dictionary
  4. brushes: Vocabulary.com
  5. Brushes, brushes: Wordnik
  6. brushes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Brushes, brushes: Wiktionary
  8. brushes: Dictionary.com
  9. brushes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Brushes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. brushes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Brushes: Marquetry Glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brushes: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brushes: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brushes: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brushes: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See brush as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Brush)

noun:  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.
noun:  The act of brushing something.
noun:  A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
noun:  A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
noun:  (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
noun:  A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
noun:  The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
noun:  (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
noun:  (archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
noun:  (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
noun:  (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
noun:  (computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
noun:  (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
noun:  (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
noun:  (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
verb:  (transitive) To clean with a brush.
verb:  (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
verb:  (transitive) To apply with a brush.
verb:  (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
verb:  (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
noun:  A surname.
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