brush out
To brush to remove tangles and give the hair a satisfactory textureTo brush (someone's hair or an animal's fur) to remove tangles and give the hair a satisfactory texture.
» Tom brushed his hair out of his face.
Tom strich sich das Haar aus dem Gesicht.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To brush (someone's hair or an animal's fur) to remove tangles and give the hair a satisfactory texture.
The first step in brushing out a dog’s coat is…
(transitive)To remove brush (wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees) from a trail, campsite, etc.
It’s important to brush out the north trails before the spring.
(obsolete, transitive)To clean a form using lye or turpentine.
Examples
3 sentencesTom brushed his hair out of his face.
deTom strich sich das Haar aus dem Gesicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mary brushed her hair out of her face.
deMaria strich sich das Haar aus dem Gesicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ziri brushed the ewe out.
Forms
brushes out, brushing out, brushed out, brushed out| Base form | brush out · to brush out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | brushes out |
| Present participle | brushing out |
| Past simple | brushed out |
| Past participle | brushed out |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- brush upпереглянути, переглядатиTo paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
- brush offігнорувати, проігноруватиTo disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
- brush asideігнорувати, проігноруватиTo disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
- brush outTo clean a form using lye or turpentine.
- brush downUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
- brush backTo throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
- brush overTo barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something).
- brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb