Brush

A brush is a tool with many hairs, bristles, or wires fixed to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming. As a verb, it means to clean, touch, or lightly pass over something with a brush.

From Old French “brosse,” meaning “brush,” likely from Latin “bruscia,” meaning “sprig or branch used as a brush.” Early brushes were made from bundles of twigs or plant fibers.