brush
🇺🇸
/brʌʃ/
🇬🇧
/brʌʃ/
verb
A2
to clean or smooth with a brush
Use a brush to clean the floor.
B1
to remove something with a brush or hand
She used a brush to remove the dust.
R
to spread something with a brush
Brush the paint on the wall.
R
to touch lightly while moving past
His hand brushed against the brush on the table.
noun
A2
a tool with bristles for cleaning, painting, or hair
This brush is good for painting.
R
the act of brushing
Give your hair a quick brush.
R
a light touch
I felt the brush of his hand.
R
a short unfriendly meeting
They had a brush with the law.
R
land with small trees and bushes
The fire started in the brush.
R
a fox's tail
translation
to clean or smooth with a brush; to remove something with a brush or hand; to spread something with a brush; to touch lightly while moving past
a tool with bristles for cleaning, painting, or hair; the act of brushing; a light touch; a short unfriendly meeting; land with small trees and bushes; a fox's tail
Word Forms
3rd Present
brushes
Past
brushed
Perfect
brushed
Progressive
brushing
Plural
brushes