English

Pronunciation
IPA|/bɹ��/
audio|en-us-brush.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��|-��

Noun
en-noun|es

1. An implement with a handle, and a head with multiple more or less flexible bristles, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
2. A spring-loaded electrical contact, usually of carbon, between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
3. The act of brushing something.

#: She gave her hair a quick brush.

1. uncountable Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees.
2. A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.

#: He has had brushes with communism from time to time.

1. The tail of a fox.
2. In 3D computer games, a convex polyhedron, esp. one that defines structure of the play area.
3. context|poker|slang The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.

Novial: brose
Romanian: perie f; (paint-) pensul� f
Russian: ���ка (ṧ�tka) f; (paint-) ки��� (kistʹ) f
Serbian: �etka f, �etkica f
Slovene: �opi� m
Spanish: t+|es|cepillo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|borste|c
Telugu: ����� (for painting)
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trans-top|electrical contact
Dutch: borstel m
German: t+|de|Bürste|f
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Japanese: ��� (burashi); ��(���, sasshi�
Romanian: perie f
Russian: t+|ru|���ка|f|trṧ�tka|scCyrl
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trans-top|act of brushing
Catalan: raspallar
Hebrew: ��רש� (havrasha) f
Japanese: �����(burashigake), 磨� (���, migaki)
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Novial: broso
Romanian: periat n
Serbian: �etkanje
Spanish: t-|es|cepillado|m
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trans-top|wild vegetation
German: t+|de|Busch|n
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Russian: к��� (kust) m; к���а�ник (kustarnik) m
Serbian: žbun m, žbunje n
Spanish: t+|es|matorral|m
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trans-top|short experience
French: t+|fr|accrochage|m
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Italian: incontro m; scontro m
Spanish: pincelada f
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trans-top|fox tail
German: t+|de|Fuchsschwanz|m, t|de|Lunte, t+|de|Standarte
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Japanese: 尾 (�, o)
Russian: t+|ru|���ба|f|trtrubá|scCyrl
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Verb
en-verb|brushes|brushing|brushed

1. To clean with a brush.

#: Brush your teeth.

1. To untangle or arrange with a brush.

#: Brush your hair.

1. To apply with a brush.

#: Brush the paint onto the walls.

1. To remove with a sweeping motion.

#: Brush the flour off your clothes.

1. To touch with a sweeping motion.

#: Her scarf brushed his skin.
#*1990 October 28, w:Paul Simon|Paul Simon, �Further to Fly�, w:The Rhythm of the Saints|The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
#*: Maybe you will find a love that you discover accidentally, who falls against you gently as a pickpocket brushes your thigh.

Romanian: peria
Serbian: o�etkati, iz�etkati
Slovenian: umiti
Spanish: t+|es|cepillar
Swedish: borsta
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Romanian: peria
Serbian: razmrsiti
Spanish: t+|es|cepillar
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trans-top|to apply
Dutch: t+|nl|aanbrengen
German: pinseln; auftragen
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Japanese: ��(��, nuru)
Romanian: vopsi, picta
Serbian: naneti
Spanish: t+|es|aplicar
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trans-top|to remove
Dutch: t+|nl|afborstelen
French: t+|fr|brosser
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German: t+|de|wischen
Romanian: m�tura
Serbian: ukloniti
Spanish: t+|es|recoger
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trans-top|to touch
Dutch: (van de tafel vegen|van de tafel) vegen
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German: wegwischen
Romanian: t+|ro|�terge
Serbian: dodirnuti
Spanish: rozar
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Derived terms
top2
as daft as a brush
bottle brush
bristle brush
broad brush
brush aside
brush back
brush by
brush off
brushfire
mid2
brush-off
hairbrush
paintbrush
scrub brush
shaving brush
toothbrush
underbrush
wire brush
bottom2

See also
broom
comb

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Hair

ar:brush
de:brush
el:brush
fa:brush
fr:brush
hy:brush
io:brush
id:brush
it:brush
hu:brush
pl:brush
ru:brush
simple:brush
fi:brush
ta:brush
te:brush
vi:brush
tr:brush
uk:brush
zh:brush

• 2007-12-29 16:21 - Algrif - /* Derived terms */

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