Brush

1. A device consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, or painting. We used a brush to clean the car.
2. The act of using this device. She brushed off the table after dinner.
3. A light touch in passing; a graze. The car brushed against the lamp post.
4. To dismiss abruptly or curtly. He brushed the matter aside as unimportant.