Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - brush
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Brush
brush
~1 n 1 »FOR CLEANING« an object that you use for cleaning, painting etc, made with a lot of hairs, bristles (bristle1 (2)), or thin pieces of plastic fixed to a handle (a hairbrush | Get a brush and sweep up all that rubbish.) 2 a movement which brushes something, to remove dirt, make something smooth, tidy etc (I'll just give my hair a quick brush.) 3 »TOUCH« a quick light touch, made by chance when two things or people pass each other (the brush of her silk dress as she walked past) 4 »BUSHES/TREES« a) AmE small bushes and trees covering an open area of land b) branches which have broken off bushes and trees 5 a brush with death/a brush with the law etc an occasion when something bad almost happens to you, but you just manage to avoid it 6 »FAIL« the tail of a fox1 (1) (- see also daft as a brush daft (1)) ~2 v 1 to clean something or make something smooth and tidy using a brush (Don't forget to brush your teeth.) 2 T always + adv/prep to remove something with a brush or with your hand (brush sth off/away etc) (Brush the crumbs off your jacket, you messy thing. | He brushed his hair out of his eyes.) 3 I always + adv/prep, to touch someone or something lightly by chance when passing them + agains (I felt her hair brush against my arm.) brush sth (The car brushed the hedges of the narrow lane.) 4 brush yourself down BrE brush yourself off AmE to tidy yourself, especially after a fall, by using your hands to brush your clothes etc (I got up, brushed myself down, and carried on walking.) brush sb/sth aside phr v to refuse to listen to or consider something (He simply brushed all my objections aside.) brush sth down phr v to clean your clothes or an animal thoroughly using a brush brush sth off phr v refuse to listen to someone or their ideas, especially by ignoring them or saying something rude (The President brushed off their pleas for an investigation.) brush up (on) sth phr v to quickly practise and improve your skills or knowledge (I must brush up on my French before I go to Paris.)
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(brushes, brushing, brushed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair. We gave him paint and brushes... Stains are removed with buckets of soapy water and scrubbing brushes. ...a hair brush. N-COUNT 2. If you brush something or brush something such as dirt off it, you clean it or tidy it using a brush. Have you brushed your teeth?... She brushed the powder out of her hair... Using a small brush, he brushed away the fine sawdust. VERB: V n, V n prep, V n with adv • Brush is also a noun. I gave it a quick brush with my hairbrush. N-SING: a N 3. If you brush something with a liquid, you apply a layer of that liquid using a brush. Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter. VERB: V n with n 4. If you brush something somewhere, you remove it with quick light movements of your hands. He brushed his hair back with both hands... He brushed the snow off the windshield. VERB: V n with adv, V n prep 5. If one thing brushes against another or if you brush one thing against another, the first thing touches the second thing lightly while passing it. Something brushed against her leg... I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder... She knelt and brushed her lips softly across Michael’s cheek. VERB: V prep, V n, V n prep 6. If you brush past someone or brush by them, you almost touch them as you go past them. (WRITTEN) My father would burst into the kitchen, brushing past my mother... VERB: V prep/adv 7. If you have a brush with someone, you have an argument or disagreement with them. You use brush when you want to make an argument or disagreement sound less serious than it really is. My first brush with a headmaster came six years ago... It is his third brush with the law in less than a year. N-COUNT: usu N with n c darkgreen]vagueness 8. If you have...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English brusch, from an Anglo-French form akin to Old French broce ~wood, Medieval Latin brusca Date: 14th century 1. ~wood 2. a. scrub vegetation b. land covered with scrub vegetation II. noun Etymology: Middle English brusshe, from an Anglo-French form akin to Middle French broisse Date: 14th century 1. a device composed of bristles typically set into a handle and used especially for sweeping, smoothing, scrubbing, or painting 2. something resembling a ~: as a. a bushy tail b. a feather tuft worn on a hat 3. an electrical conductor that makes sliding contact between a stationary and a moving part (as of a generator or a motor) 4. a. an act of ~ing b. a quick light touch or momentary contact in passing III. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. a. to apply a ~ to b. to apply with a ~ 2. a. to remove with passing strokes (as of a ~) b. to dispose of in an offhand way ; dismiss ~ed him off 3. to pass lightly over or across ; touch gently against in passing • ~er noun IV. noun Etymology: Middle English brusche rush, hostile collision, from bruschen Date: 14th century a brief encounter or skirmish a ~ with disaster a ~ with the law V. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English bruschen to rush, probably from Middle French brosser to dash through under~, from broce Date: 1674 to move lightly or heedlessly ~ed past the well-wishers waiting to greet him ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 an implement with bristles, hair, wire, etc. varying in firmness set into a block or projecting from the end of a handle, for any of various purposes, esp. cleaning or scrubbing, painting, arranging the hair, etc. 2 the application of a brush; brushing. 3 a (usu. foll. by with) a short esp. unpleasant encounter (a brush with the law). b a skirmish. 4 a the bushy tail of a fox. b a brushlike tuft. 5 Electr. a a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact esp. with a moving part. b (in full brush discharge) a brushlike discharge of sparks. 6 esp. US & Austral. a undergrowth, thicket; small trees and shrubs. b US such wood cut in faggots. c land covered with brush. d Austral. dense forest. 7 Austral. & NZ sl. a girl or young woman. --v. 1 tr. a sweep or scrub or put in order with a brush. b treat (a surface) with a brush so as to change its nature or appearance. 2 tr. a remove (dust etc.) with a brush. b apply (a liquid preparation) to a surface with a brush. 3 tr. & intr. graze or touch in passing. 4 intr. perform a brushing action or motion. Phrases and idioms brush aside dismiss or dispose of (a person, idea, etc.) curtly or lightly. brushed aluminium aluminium with a lustreless surface. brushed fabric fabric brushed so as to raise the nap. brush off rebuff; dismiss abruptly. brush-off n. a rebuff; an abrupt dismissal. brush over paint lightly. brush turkey Austral. a large mound-building bird, Alectura lathami. brush up 1 clean up or smarten. 2 revive one's former knowledge of (a subject). brush-up n. the process of cleaning up. Derivatives brushlike adj. brushy adj. Etymology: ME f. OF brosse ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) щётка чистить щёткой; сметать щёткой 2) кисть наносить кистью (напр. краску) 3) эл. щётка; подвижный (скользящий) контакт 4) механическая щётка 5) щёточная машина (для зерна, крупы) очищать на щёточной машине 6) кустарник; подлесок; заросль 7) лесн. порубочные остатки 8) цел.-бум. прочёсывать, фибриллировать to brush on — наносить кистью (напр. краску); to brush out — корчевать - adjustable brush - air brush - anodic brush - bristle brush - bronze brush - carbon-baked brush - carbon brush - carbon fiber brush - cathodic brush - circular brush - collecting brush - commutator brush - copper brush - copper carbon brush - distemper brush - dusting brush - electrographitic brush - flat enamel brush - flat paint brush - flat wall brush - flex-hone brush - flipper brush - graphite brush - ground brush - hair brush - leading brush - lime brush - magnetic brush - metal fiber brush - metal-graphite brush - metal-impregnated graphite brush - monolithic brush - multifinger brush - paint brush - pneumatic paint brush - radial brush - reaction brush - rifle brush - rotary wire brush - single-domed brush - slip ring brush - solid brush - split brush - sprinkling brush - stippling brush - stock brush - tail brush - two-knot brush - type brush - wear-resistant brush - wire brush - wire wheel brush ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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кисть; щётка finishing brush flat paint brush ground brush paint brush paperhanging brush ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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скользящий контакт (ТГА), щетка – auxiliary brush – carbon brush – commutator brush – copper brush – copper-graphite brush – electronic brush – graphite brush – wire brush ...Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) банник 2) ершик 3) кисточка 4) кисть 5) мазилка 6) помазок 7) щетка 8) щеточка 9) щеточный - anodic brush - boiler brush - carbon brush - cathodic brush - dual grade brush - hair brush - library-past-type brush - library-paste-type brush - lime brush - mason's whitewashing brush - paint brush - pilot brush - sandwich brush - screen brush - sensing brush - slip-ring brush - solid brush - split brush - tube cleaning brush ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) энт. щёточка 2) пушистый хвост (лисы, белки) 3) кустарник; заросль; зарастать кустарником; обсаживать кустарником 4) бот. бородка 5) бот. лисохвост луговой (Alopecurus pratensis) – bottle brush – pollen brush ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. щетка hard brush —- жесткая щетка sweeping brush —- половая щетка a brush for clothes —- платяная щетка to shine with a brush —- начищать щеткой до блеска to stroke the hair with a brush —- приглаживать волосы щеткой 2. чистка (одежды) щеткой to have a brush —- почиститься to give one's clothes a good brush —- хорошо вычистить одежду to give smth. another brush —- еще раз почистить что-л.; окончательно отделать что-л. it needs a brush —- здесь нужна щетка (нужно кое-что доделать 3. кисть, кисточка whitewashing brush —- малярная кисть writing brush —- кисточка для письма (тушью) painter's brush —- кисть художника to paint with a full brush —- писать широкими мазками to be worthy of an artist's brush —- быть достойным кисти художника her face will delight the painter's brush —- любой художник с радостью написал бы ее портрет 4. мастерство, стиль (знаменитого) художника the brush of Raphael —- кисть Рафаэля Turner's magic brush —- волшебная кисть Тэрнера 5. пушистый хвост (лисы, белки) 6. диал. щетина (о бороде) 7. ссадина (на ноге лошади) 8. легкое прикосновение 9. ам. разг. вечеринка 10. эл. щетка Id: to show one's brush —- показать спину, сбежать, скрыться 11. чистить щеткой to brush clothes —- чистить платье to brush off one's coat —- вычистить щеткой пальто to brush out —- тщательно вычистить to brush out a room —- вымести комнату to brush up —- обновлять,...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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over говорить о чем-л., не придавая этому большого значения The chairman brushed over the question of your appointment. BRUSH up against неожиданно встретиться с трудностями I hadnt thought that we would brush up against so much opposition in this town. BRUSH up а) чистить(ся); приводить (себя) в порядок б) освежать (знания) I must brush up my French мне нужно освежить в памяти французский язык BRUSH 1. noun 1) щетка 2) кисть to give it another brush - поработать над чем-л. еще, окончательно отделать что-л. - the brush 3) хвост (особ. лисий) 4) чистка щеткой - have a brush 5) ссадина 6) стычка, столкновение 7) легкое прикосновение 8) austral. низкий кустарник 9) electr. щетка 2. v. 1) чистить щеткой 2) причесывать (волосы) 3) легко касаться, задевать 4) обсаживать кустарником - brush against - brush aside - brush away - brush by - brush down - brush off - brush over - brush up - brush up against BRUSH against слегка задевать BRUSH aside а) смахивать б) отделываться, отстранять от себя; отмахиваться Brushing away all opposition, he put the matter to a vole. You cant brush your difficulties aside in that easy manner. в) легко разделываться с кем-л. Brushing the enemy aside, we swept into the next town. BRUSH away отчищать, счищать; отметать BRUSH by прошмыгнуть мимо BRUSH down ругать кого-л. за провинность I could hear the director brushing Sim down for being late again. BRUSH off а) удалять, устранять Dont worry about that mark, it will...Англо-русский словарь
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