brush
/brʌʃ/ n [C usually sing] (TOUCH)Definition
› The flower’s scent is unleashed by the brush of a hand. › A brush with something or someone is a close and usually unpleasant meeting: The subway system has survived several brushes with bankruptcy.
(Definition of brush n (TOUCH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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