5 letter word starting with bru

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
bruin	adjective	A bear; — so called in popular tales and fables.
bruit	noun	Report; rumor; fame., An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation., To report; to noise abroad.
brume	noun	Mist; fog; vapors.
brunt	verb t.	The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle., The force of a blow; shock; collision.
brush	noun	An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc., The bushy tail of a fox., A tuft of hair on the mandibles., Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood., A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush., A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus., The act of brushing; as, to give one’s clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed., A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy., A short contest, or trial, of speed., To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush., To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush., To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; — commonly with off., To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
brusk	adjective	Same as Brusque.
bruta	noun	See Edentata.
brute	adjective	Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature., Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation., Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence., Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent., Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling., An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast., A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person., To report; to bruit.