Brush

A number of cleaning brushes.

Different paintbrushes.

A brush is a device that has stiff hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle.

There are many different types of brush used for various purposes:

• a paintbrush is used in painting and drawing to apply paint or ink.
• a hairbrush is used to comb and disentangle hair; or as a spanking implement.
• a bath brush is used to scrub the body in a bath; or as a spanking implement.
• a toothbrush is used to clean one's teeth.
• a nailbrush is used to clean one's fingernails.
• a toilet brush is used to clean the toilet.
• a pastry brush is used in baking to apply liquids such as egg or milk.
• etc.

Paintbrushes (especially the bigger ones as used in East Asian painting and calligraphy) can also be used for tickling, a common fetish in Japan (usually with the "victim" in bondage).

Other meanings

In computer graphics, a brush is a tool that works like a digital version of a paintbrush. The image editor software typically allows you to select one of many different sized (and shaped) brushes to paint with.

As a verb, to brush means to rub with a brush (or as if with a brush), e.g. for cleaning.

See also

• Brush on Wikipedia