brush
To clean with a brushTo clean with a brush.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To clean with a brush.
Brush your teeth.
putzen, bürsten
чи́ститьčístitʹ, почи́ститьpočístitʹ
clean with a brush
(transitive)To untangle or arrange with a brush.
Brush your hair.
bürsten
remove with or as if with a brush
(transitive)To apply with a brush.
I am brushing the paint onto the walls.
pinseln, auftragen
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
(transitive)To remove with a sweeping motion.
She brushed the flour off my clothes.
wischen
(ambitransitive)To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
Her scarf brushed his skin.
streifen
touch lightly and briefly
(intransitive)To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
cover by brushing
Examples
725 sentencesI have to brush my teeth.
Мушу почистити зуби. — marko
ruЯ должен почистить зубы. — ae5s
deIch muss mir die Zähne putzen. — MUIRIEL
I'd like to brush my teeth.
Я хотів би почистити зуби. — deniko
ruЯ бы хотел почистить зубы. — odexed
deIch möchte mir die Zähne putzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't forget to brush your teeth.
Не забудь почистити зуби. — shanghainese
ruНе забудь почистить зубы. — Olya
deVergiß nicht, dir die Zähne zu putzen! — Waldelfe
I brush my teeth twice a day.
Я чищу зуби двічі на день. — Internecivus
ruЯ чищу зубы два раза в день. — marafon
deIch putze mir zweimal am Tag die Zähne. — MUIRIEL
Brush your teeth after each meal.
Чисти зуби після кожного прийому їжі. — aandrusiak
ruЧисти зубы после каждого приема пищи. — sharptoothed
dePutze deine Zähne nach jeder Mahlzeit. — MUIRIEL
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse), from Vulgar LFrom Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse), from Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or also Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusgo-.
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Forms
brushes, brushing, brushed, brushedPhrasal 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.
Synonyms
1 synonyms- sweep across or over:sweep
Word family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- brush my teeth
- brush your teeth
- brush his teeth
- brushing her hair
- to brush my
- brushed the snow
- brush your hair
- forget to brush
- should brush your
- go brush your
- to brush his
- was brushing her
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.