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Definition: Brush |
BrushNoun1. A dense growth of bushes. 2. An implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle. 3. Momentary contact. 4. Conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor. 5. A minor short-term fight. 6. The act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day". 7. The act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush". 8. A light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing". Verb1. Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush: "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket". 2. Touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly". 3. Clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet". 4. Sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience". 5. Remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections". 6. Cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "brush" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
Note: Brush \Brush\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Brushed; Brushing.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | A traditional tool composed of bristles set into a handle. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | An electrical conductor used in some systems as a means of sensing the presence of a hole in a punched card. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of using a hair-brush, denotes you will suffer misfortune from your mismanagement. To see old hair brushes, denotes sickness and ill health. To see clothes brushes, indicates a heavy task is pending over you. If you are busy brushing your clothes, you will soon receive reimbursement for laborious work. To see miscellaneous brushes, foretells a varied line of work, yet withal, rather pleasing and remunerative. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A conducting part, generally stationary, which provides electrical connection through sliding contact with a part moving relatively to it. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The spurs and fruit canes ( rods ) left on the arms of the vine at pruning ; the canes and other parts of the vine which have been removed at pruning. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The bundle of vascular strands that remains attached to the pedicel when the berry is pulled off. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Shrubby vegetation and stands of tree species that do not produce commercial timber. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A shrubby vegetation that does not produce commercial timber. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Brush The tail of a fox or squirrel, which is brushy. Brush away. Get along. Brush off. Move on. He brushed by me. He just touched me as he went quickly past. Hence also brush, a slight skirmish. All these are metaphors from brushing with a brush. Give it another brush. A little more attention; bestow a little more labour on it; return it to the file for a little more polish. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. To remove rock from the roof or floor of an opening to increase the height of working (coal mines). See also:brushing b. In a coal mine, a road through the goaf, gob, or worked-out areas packed with waste c. To clean up fine coal from the floor d. Forest of Dean. A rich brown hematite. e. Mixed load of large and small coal into a colliery tub f. Mid. To mix gas with air in a mine by buffeting it with a jacket. g. To rip; to enlarge. h. To remove bisque in a definite pattern by means of a brush.See also:bolt-hole brush. (references) |
Public Administration | Brushwood, undergrowth, thicket and small trees, usually not suitable for timber or livestock and easily subject to brushfires. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Brush is a city located in Morgan County, Colorado. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,117.Geography
Brush is located at 40°15'28" North, 103°37'41" West (40.257836, -103.628109)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.2 km² (2.4 mi²). 6.2 km² (2.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 5,117 people, 1,836 households, and 1,233 families residing in the city. The population density is 819.8/km² (2,120.0/mi²). There are 1,923 housing units at an average density of 308.1/km² (796.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 75.81% White, 0.39% African American, 0.51% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 20.19% from other races, and 2.91% from two or more races. 37.21% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,836 households out of which 35.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% are married couples living together, 9.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% are non-families. 28.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.29. In the city the population is spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $31,333, and the median income for a family is $39,094. Males have a median income of $24,431 versus $20,371 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,672. 10.4% of the population and 5.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.1% are under the age of 18 and 13.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brush, Colorado."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| br. | English | Brush | Electrical Engineering, Engineering & Technology |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BrushSynonyms: brushing (n), brushwood (n), clash (n), coppice (n), copse (n), encounter (n), kiss (n), light touch (n), skirmish (n), thicket (n), sweep (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: brushwood (food & agriculture, geography). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abrogation | Countermand, counter order; do away with; sweep away, brush away; throw overboard, throw to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind. |
Cleanness | Sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep. |
Clean, cleanse; mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up. | |
Brush; broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter. | |
Contention | Contend; with, grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush; n. with, tilt with; encounter, fall foul of, pitch into, clapperclaw, run a tilt at; oppose; reluct. |
Conflict, skirmish; rencounter, encounter; rencontre, collision, affair, brush, fight; battle, battle royal; combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament; tilt, tilting; tournay, list; pitched battle. | |
Ejection | Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to. |
Improvement | Touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up; polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage; prune; repair; (restore); put in order; (arrange). |
Painting | Pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint; (coloring matter); watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish; a, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry. |
Preparation | Elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture; (aid); hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate; maturate. equip, arm, man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust; (fit); put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack. |
Roughness | Brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet; fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi; lovelock; beaucatcher; curl paper; goatee; papillote, scalp lock. |
Velocity | Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I could brush up on my English, or bring along an interpreter, that is if they'd let in a movie actor (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) You broke my brush. (The Princess Diaries; writing credit: Gina Wendkos) I have two words for you. Brush you teeth (Tank Girl; writing credit: Alan Martin; Jamie Hewlett) You know you're not supposed to brush your teeth for 24 hours before you go to the dentist (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) No, she broke my paint brush! Of course she broke my heart (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) | |
Lyrics | Brush up against me i get chills all down my spine (Sexual (Li Da Di); performing artist: Amber) You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere (Barbie Girl; performing artist: Aqua) I brush my teeth and put the cap back on (You Were Meant For Me; performing artist: Jewel) I like the way you brush your hair (Ride Wit Me (Featuring City Spud); performing artist: Nelly) Oh Blue Angel Have no fear I'll brush away each lonely teardrop (Blue Angel; performing artist: Roy Orbison) | |
Clever | Prevent truth decay. Brush up on your Bible. (references; author: unknown) Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart. (references; author: unknown) When your mom is mad at your dad, don't let her brush your hair. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Brad's big black bath brush broke. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Brush with Fate (2003) The Basil Brush Show (1968) Pardon My Brush (1964) Hare Brush (1955) The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) | |
Song Titles | Brush Up Your Shakespeare (performing artist: National Symphony Orchestra) | |
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 | Pictured are instruments used in endoscopy. They are highlighted in an otherwise dark picture and lying on a textured cloth. Shown are flexible fibers, a small brush and a third instrument in some photos. The fibers transmit high intensity light through the endoscope shown. The brushes are used to take biopsies. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | If some of the tufts on the median ventral brush are attached to the saddle, which encircles the tenth abdominal segment completely, the genus is identified as Psoraphora. Credit: CDC. |
 | The important identifying characteristics of a Wyeomyia mosquito larva are that it lacks the median ventral brush and it has comb scales. Credit: CDC. |  | Reconnaissance setup to see over mesquite brush Reconnaissance party of Charles Schanck. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A storm is brewing on the lower Patuxent River. Shoreline includes sand, grass, and brush. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A local school group poses after the removal effort. Volunteers cut Brazilian Pepper bushes from native mangrove habitat and then the County Roadworks uses a chipper to chip the bushes and dispose of the brush. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Volunteers haul away Brazilian Pepper brush. This part of the restoration is extremely labor intensive. The brush must be cut by hand, chipped and then burned. The pepper brush must be burned before the berries turn red or the seeds will be distributed and begin new growth. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A Great Horned Owl sitting on some brush. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Brush and grassRangelandFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |  | Brush and ink drawing of Mallards by Jay N. "Ding" Darling, a famous cartoonist and noted conservationist. The artist was chief of the Biological Survey, a precursor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, from 1934 to 1936. "Ding" conceived the idea of using duck stamps to raise money for the purchase of wetlands. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Barbers Brush" by Neil Cummins Commentary: "Rather nice for tickling the back of the neck." | "Grill brush" by Jason Krieger Commentary: "This is a macro of a brush used to clean off my grill." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | Broom; brooming; brushing; brush; sweep; swept; sweeping; cleaning; clean. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | Alice carefully released the brush, and did her best to get the hair into order |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The room was not of those which are harassed by the brush, the duster, and the broom |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The brush with the maroon velvet back was for Michael Davitt and the brush with the green velvet back was for Parnell |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He put his shovel down, and holding the box in front of him, he edged through the brush until he came to the edge of the swift stream |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | And perhaps at evening I see the hunters returning with a single brush trailing from their sleigh for a trophy, seeking their inn. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use a soft hair brush. (references) | |
If you do eat them, brush immediately afterwards. (references) | ||
Walk in the center of trails to avoid overgrown grass and brush. (references) | ||
Business | Also, the competitiveness of DC solutions remains strong in the field of in brush wear detection. (references) | |
Suppliers are commercializing modifications, thus allowing brush wear to be detected, saving overall maintenance time and avoiding commutator damage. (references) | ||
New lines from the German power tool giant to be launched shortly include two 'Delta' sanders, a multi-sanding brush, and electric all-purpose saws incorporating a new ergonomic design with a larger handle, and a user-friendly switch and adjustable guide plate. (references) | ||
Economic History | Benin | It is also the season when farmers burn brush in the fields. (references) |
Burkina Faso | Most of central Burkina Faso lies on a savanna plateau, 200-300 meters (650-1,000 ft.) above sea level, with fields, brush, and scattered trees. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | JEWS-:HARP:, n. An unmusical instrument, played by holding it fast with the teeth and trying to brush it away with the finger. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Brush" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 70.90% of the time. "Brush" is used about 1,689 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 70.9% | 1,198 | 6,462 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 15.02% | 254 | 18,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.48% | 228 | 19,909 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.59% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,689 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "brush" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Brush | Last name | 2,000 | 5,206 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Brush Engineered Materials Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Brush, CO (city, FIPS 9555) |
Expressions using "brush": Air brush ♦ bath brush ♦ be daft as a brush ♦ blacking brush ♦ bottle brush ♦ bristle brush ♦ brush against ♦ brush and weed cutter ♦ brush aside ♦ brush away ♦ brush bird ♦ brush breaker ♦ brush Creek ♦ brush cut ♦ brush discharge ♦ brush down ♦ brush fire ♦ brush gully plug ♦ brush kangaroo ♦ brush maker ♦ brush management ♦ brush marks ♦ brush off ♦ brush on ♦ brush out ♦ brush over ♦ brush past ♦ brush Prairie ♦ brush stroke ♦ brush through ♦ brush treatment ♦ brush turkey ♦ brush up ♦ brush up against ♦ brush Valley ♦ Brush wheel ♦ brush with nylon bristles ♦ brush wolf ♦ bud brush ♦ carbon brush ♦ clothes brush ♦ contact brush ♦ coyote brush ♦ crumb brush ♦ dandy brush ♦ electric tooth brush ♦ Electrical brush ♦ Fox brush ♦ from the same brush ♦ glue brush ♦ hair brush ♦ hat brush ♦ juniper brush ♦ knight of the brush ♦ little brush ♦ nail brush ♦ paint brush ♦ Poonah brush ♦ quail brush ♦ rabbit brush ♦ radiator brush ♦ rigger brush ♦ rotor brush ♦ sable brush ♦ sage brush ♦ scrub brush ♦ scrubbing brush ♦ shaving brush ♦ shoe brush ♦ short brush of bound straw ♦ stencilling brush ♦ the brush ♦ third brush ♦ To brush aside ♦ To brush away ♦ To brush up ♦ toilet brush ♦ tooth brush ♦ wire brush. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "brush": brush-and-comb, brush-applied, brush-bristle, brush-brush, brush-built, brush-cleaned, brush-end, brush-filled, brush-fires, brush-footed butterflies, brush-footed butterfly, brush-like, brush-mark, brush-off, brush-rail, brush-strip, brush-stroke, brush-strokes, brush-tail porcupine, brush-tailed phalanger, brush-tailed phascogale, brush-tailed porcupine, brush-through, brush-tipped, brush-tong, brush-turkeys, brush-type, brush-up, brush-wood, brush-work, brush-working. | |
Ending with "brush": broad-brush, paint-brush. | |
Containing "brush": shaving-brush tree. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
brush | 502 | brush free photo shop | 67 |
brush guard | 481 | adobe brush | 64 |
air brush | 387 | brush chipper | 56 |
psp brush | 376 | wire brush | 54 |
photo shop brush | 361 | dr field and brush mower | 54 |
paint brush | 317 | brush colorado | 52 |
fuller brush | 299 | bottle brush | 49 |
brush cutter | 249 | air brush painting | 49 |
make up brush | 246 | fuller brush company | 46 |
hair brush | 234 | industrial brush | 45 |
brush hog | 198 | sonic tooth brush | 45 |
art brush | 170 | sonicare tooth brush | 44 |
tooth brush | 139 | brush photo | 44 |
shaving brush | 124 | carbon brush | 44 |
paint shop pro brush | 124 | cosmetic brush | 43 |
air brush tanning | 119 | air brush kit | 42 |
brush mower | 107 | air brush tan | 41 |
brush psp7 | 97 | artist brush | 41 |
adobe photo shop brush | 89 | chinese brush painting | 41 |
brush mowers | 68 | curling brush | 40 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "brush"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | borsel. (various references) | |
Albanian | të fshirë, prek (adjoin, affect, attack, feel, graze, handle, hit, hurt, move, palpate, penetrate, reach, rub, touch, touch on, touch upon), furçë (paintbrush), fshij (brush away, cancel, clean off, clean up, deface, delete, efface, erase, mop up, obliterate, rase, raze, remove, rub, rub out, scratch out, strike off, sweep, wipe, wipe away, wipe off), cek (dab, hug, Pat, skim, tip, touch). (various references) | |
Arabic | مر به, رفيق (associate, billyboy, boy friend, buddy, bully, chum, companion, compatriot, comrade, comradely, consort, escort, familiar, fellow, friend, helpmate, lenient, mate, pal, pard, partner, playfellow, stool, vis a vis, yokefellow), أجمة (brake, brushwood, bush, clump, thicket), أغصان, إنطلق بخفة, جولة سريعة, ذيل كثيف, ريش القبعة, تنظيف بالفرشاة (brushing), فرشة حلاقة (shaving brush), معركة قصيرة, مس برفق (kiss, shave), مناوشة (clash, fight, scrimmage, skirmish, velitation), فرش (furnishing, furniture, relay), فرشاة, فرشة بوهية, فرشة شعر, صناعة الرسام. (various references) | |
Asturian | peñase (to brush one's hair), llavar los dientes (to brush one's teeth). (various references) | |
Basque | eskubila. (various references) | |
Bemba | ukukusa umushishi (to brush one's hair), ukukusa ameno (to brush one's teeth). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | ssiikiniistsi (to brush one's teeth). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сресвам, сбиване (affray, fray, mix in, muss, row, scrap, scrape, scuffle, set to, shindig, shindy, warm words), храсталак (boscage, brushwood, shrubbery, spinney, underbrush, undergrowth), четкам, четка, клонки, лисича опашка (fox-brush, foxtail), изчеткване, изчетквам (brush away, brush off, brush up). (various references) | |
Catalan | raspallar. (various references) | |
Cebuano | manudlay (to brush one's hair), manipilyo (to brush one's teeth). (various references) | |
Chamorro | para ma paine i gapot uluhu (to brush one's hair), para ma guesgues i nifenhu (to brush one's teeth). (various references) | |
Chinese | 刷子 (scrub). (various references) | |
Czech | vykartáèovat, vyèistit (clean, clean out, do, scrub), smeták, smetáèek, potyèka (passage of arms, scuffle, sword play), podrost (brushwood, coppice, copse, scrub, underbrush, undergrowth), přestřelka, otřít se (scrape), lišèí ohon (fox-brush), kartáè (scrub brush, scrubbing brush), hádka (altercation, argument, brawl, bust up, ding-dong, dispute, fight, hassle, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, squabble, strife, wrangle), chvost (tail), štìtec. (various references) | |
Danish | børste (carbon, carbon brush, contact brush, vibrating brush). (various references) | |
Dutch | schuieren, borstelen, borstel (buffer, carbon, carbon brush, contact brush, rubber, vibrating brush, Wiper). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | shimita maillana (to brush one's teeth), ñagchana (to brush one's hair). (various references) | |
Esperanto | broso, brosi, polvobroso. (various references) | |
Faeroese | bust. (various references) | |
Farsi | پاک کن زدن , مسواک زدن , ماهوت پاک کن (Whisker), ماهوت گذشتن , نقاشی کردن (Contour, Crayon, Paint, Picture), کفش پاک کن ومانندان , لیف زدن , لیف (Filament), قلم موزدن , قلم مو, تماس حاصل کردن واهسته پاک کن , تندگذشتن , علف هرزه (Weed), بروس لوله . (various references) | |
Finnish | harja (comb, crest, mane, ridge, top), sivellin (hair pencil). (various references) | |
French | brosse (vibrating brush), pinceau, brosser, balai (broom). (various references) | |
Frisian | boarstelje, boarstel. (various references) | |
German | Bürste (crew cut, scrubber), pinsel (paint brush, paintbrush, simpleton, simpletons, tuft of hair, Willie), fegen (bomb, fray, race, sweep, whisk), putzen (attire, brush down, clean, decorate, do, furbish, groom, plaster, polish, preen, roughcast, snuff, to clean, trim, wipe), gebüsch (Bush, bushes, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, undergrowth), bürsten (scrubbers, to brush). (various references) | |
Greek | βούρτσα (carbon, carbon brush, contact brush, machine for smoothing velours), βουρτσίζω (whisk), πινέλο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מברשת (fetlock), מטאטא (broom, sweeper), מצבוע (paintbrush), להבריש (wisp), לברוש, לצחצח (furbish, polish, scour, varnish), קרב קצר, הברשה (brossage, brushing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kefe (proof), ecset (paint brush, paintbrush). (various references) | |
Indonesian | berus, semak-semak (bush), semak (bush), menyikat, memberus. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | kigutisiuqlunni (to brush one's teeth), illaiqluni (to brush one's hair). (various references) | |
Irish | scuab (sweep). (various references) | |
Italian | spazzola (scrubber), spazzolare (scoff), pennello (paintbrush), boscaglia (brake, Bush, thicket, undergrowth). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 用筆 (penmanship), ブラウン管 (black, Black Africa, black box, black chamber, black coffee, black comedy, black ghetto, black hole, black humor, black journalism, black magic, black market, black Monday, black money, Black Panther, black pepper, Black Power, black shaft, black tie, blackjack, blacklist, blackout, bland, blank, blanket, blanket area, blood bank, blood elite, bra, bra cup, bracket, Brad Pitt, branch, brand, brand image, brand loyalty, brandy, brass, brass-band, brasserie, brassie, brassiere, Bratislava, bravo, Brazil, brothers, brunch, brush back pitch, brushy, Brussels, cathode-ray tube), 毛筆 , 刷子 (commutator brush). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ブラシ (brushy), さっし (book, booklet, commutator brush, conjecture, consideration, guess, judgment, notebook, pamphlet, story book), もうひつ, ようひつ (penmanship), はけ (commutator brush, drainage, draining, paint brush). (various references) | |
Kongo | ku-sukula meno mami (to brush one's teeth), ku-sana nsuki zami (to brush one's hair). (various references) | |
Korean | 솔. (various references) | |
Macedonian | chetka zabi (to brush one's teeth), chetka kosa (to brush one's hair). (various references) | |
Malay | sikat, menyikat. (various references) | |
Manx | skeabey (brush over, brush up, brushing, drift, sweep, sweeping), skeaban (fly-whisk, small broom). (various references) | |
Norwegian | børste. (various references) | |
Occitan | espolseta, escobilh. (various references) | |
Papiamen | bròsh, bòrstel. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ushbray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | escova (igniter), pincel (badger, paintbrush, paint-brush), escovar (curry). (various references) | |
Provencal | se lavar las dents (to brush one's teeth), se cofar (to brush one's hair). (various references) | |
Romanian | perie. (various references) | |
Ruanda | koza amenyo (to brush one's teeth), gusokoza imishatsi (to brush one's hair). (various references) | |
Russian | щетка (fetlock, hairbrush), чистить щеткой (scrub), чистить щетка, кисть (brushwork, bunch of grapes, cluster, paintbrush, pencil, raceme), вычистить (clean, polish), причесывать (combed). (various references) | |
Samoan | e palasi ona nifo (to brush one's teeth), e palasi lona lauulu (to brush one's hair). (various references) | |
Scottish | sguab (a broom or besom, besom, sweep). (various references) | |
Sepedi | sebeanyo. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sukob (affair, clash, conflict, fray, jar, rencontre), sudar (clash, collision, crash, impact, shock, smash), oprati (launder, lave, shampoo, wash, wash up), očetkati (brush up), očešati (rase, rub), kičica, dodirnuti (dab, tip, touch), četkanje, četka (paintbrush). (various references) | |
Sicilian | spazzula. (various references) | |
Spanish | cepillo (plane, shave), cepillar (brush down, groom, plane, shave, whisk, whisk away), pincel (drawing, paintbrush), escobilla (bottlebrush, small broom, whisk), brocha (paintbrush). (various references) | |
Sranan | bosro. (various references) | |
Swahili | burashi. (various references) | |
Swedish | borste (rag bolt, whisk), pensel (pencil), borsta (clean), snårskog (underbrush). (various references) | |
Tagalog | sepílyo. (various references) | |
Thai | แปรง, การสัมผัสเบาๆ, กวาด (rake in, sweep), หมู่ไม้เตี้ยๆ, ปัด. (various references) | |
Turkish | sürtünmek (chafe, jostle, rub, scrape), süpürmek (give smth. a sweep, sweep, sweep up, whisk), sıyırmak (abrade, bark, crease, glance off, graze, hitch, scar, scrape, shave, skim, skin, slip, slip off), ressam (artist, illustrator, limner, painter, paintress), kuyruk (breech, caudal, cue, line, queue, scut, tail, tail fin, together, trail, train), hafif dokunuş, fırçalamak (scour, scrub, whisk), fırçalama (scrub), fırça darbesi (stroke, touch), fırça (rating, scolding, scrub, tongue-lashing, whisk), değmek (be worthy of, bear, kiss, merit, pay, pay off, touch, worth), çatışma (battle, clash, coincidence, collision, conflict, disagreement, rencontre, run in, scrimmage, skirmish). (various references) | |
Turkmen | timar bermek (comb). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стиль художника, щітка (badger), щетина (bristle, hair, stubble), чагарник (brushwood, Bush, scrub, shrub, shrubbery), чистити щіткою, кущі, обсажувати кущами, малювати пензлем, приглажувати, помазок (swab, swob). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bàn chải đánh giày (blacking brush), sự tống khứ sự tán tỉnh khó chịu (brush-off), sự gạt bỏ (brush-off, divestiture, divestment). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bethseta, conversa, conversae, conversi, conversique, conversum, conversus, conversusque, peniculus, scopa, scopabo. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | broisse. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | bruce. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 14, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai qhsw thn babulwnian erhmon wste katoikein ecinouV kai estai eiV ouden kai qhsw authn phlou baraqron eiV apwleian |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ponam eam in possessionem ericii et in paludes aquarum et scopabo eam in scopa terens dicit Dominus exercituum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I shal putte it in to the possessioun of an irchoun, and in to myres of watres; and I shal sweepen it in a besme, treding, seith the Lord of ostes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 14, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Pagahimoon ko usab nga ang baboy nga tunokon maoy manag-iya niini, ug sa mga linaw sa tubig: ug kini pagasilhigan ko sa silhig sa kalaglagan, nagaingon si Jehova sa mga panon. |
| Croatian | Dat æu ga u posjed ježevima i moèvarama. Pomest æu ga metlom zatornom - rijeè je Jahve nad Vojskama. |
| Danish | jeg gør det til Rørdrummers Eje og til side Sumpe; jeg fejer det bort med Undergangens Kost, lyder det fra Hærskarers HERRE. |
| Dutch | En Ik zal hen stellen tot een erve der nachtuilen, en tot waterpoelen; en Ik zal hen met een bezem des verderfs uitvagen, spreekt de HEERE der heirscharen. |
| Finnish | Minä teen sen tuonenkurkien perinnöksi ja vesirämeeksi, minä lakaisen sen pois hävityksen luudalla, sanoo Herra Sebaot. |
| French | J`en ferai le gîte du hérisson et un marécage, Et je la balaierai avec le balai de la destruction, Dit l`Éternel des armées. |
| German | und will Babel machen zum Erbe der Igel und zum Wassersumpf und will sie mit einem Besen des Verderbens kehren, spricht der HERR Zebaoth. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Babel akan Kujadikan rawa-rawa yang didiami burung hantu. Babel akan Kusapu bersih. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, telah berbicara." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Kujadikan dia bahagian pusaka landak dan akan paya, dan Kusapukan dia kelak dengan penyapu kebinasaan, demikianlah firman Tuhan serwa sekalian alam. |
| Maori | Ka meinga ano a reira e ahau hei kainga mo te matuku, hei harotoroto wai; ka purumatia ano e ahau ki te puruma o te whakangaromanga, e ai ta Ihowa o nga mano. |
| Norwegian | Og jeg vil gjøre det til et hjem for pinnsvin og fylle det med vannpytter, og jeg vil feie det bort med ødeleggelsens feiekost, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. |
| Portuguese | E reduzi-la-ei a uma possessão do ouriço, e a lagoas de águas; e varrê-la-ei com a vassoura da destruição, diz o Senhor dos exércitos. |
| Rumanian | ,,Voi face din el un culcuw de arici wi o mlawtinq, wi kl voi mqtura cu mqtura nimicirii,`` zice Domnul owtirilor. |
| Swedish | Och jag skall göra det till ett tillhåll för rördrommar och fylla det med sumpsjöar; ja, jag skall bortsopa det med ödeläggelsens kvast, säger HERREN Sebaot. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "brush": brushabilities, brushability, brushback, brushbacks, brushed, brusher, brushers, brushes, brushfire, brushfires, brushier, brushiest, brushing, brushland, brushlands, brushoff, brushoffs, brushup, brushups, brushwood, brushwoods, brushwork, brushworks, brushy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "brush": airbrush, bitterbrush, bottlebrush, hairbrush, nailbrush, paintbrush, rabbitbrush, sagebrush, snowbrush, toothbrush, underbrush. (additional references) | |
Words containing "brush": airbrushed, airbrushes, airbrushing, bitterbrushes, bottlebrushes, hairbrushes, nailbrushes, paintbrushes, rabbitbrushes, sagebrushes, snowbrushes, toothbrushes, toothbrushing, toothbrushings, unbrushed, underbrushes. (additional references) | |
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"Brush" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: berus, bouzah, brasch, Bresch, Breusch, Brisch, brisq, brosh, brosha, brous, Broxhi, bruch, brugh, Bruhn, Brusa, Brusc, bruse, Brushe, Bruss, Brust, drush, frush, grush, Krush. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "brush" (pronounced bru"sh) |
| 3 | -r u" sh | crush, rush, thrush. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: buhrs, shrub. | |
| Words within the letters "b-h-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: buhr, burs, bush, hubs, rhus, rubs, rush, urbs. | |
-2 letters: bur, bus, hub, rub, sub, urb. | |
-3 letters: sh, uh, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-h-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: brughs, brushy, burghs, busher, hubris, rhumbs, shrubs. | |
+2 letters: blusher, brushed, brusher, brushes, brushup, brutish, bulrush, burnish, bushers, bushier, cherubs, furbish, kurbash, rhombus, rhumbas, rubbish, sambhur, shrubby, tarbush. | |
+3 letters: airbrush, ambusher, backrush, bahadurs, bearhugs, beshroud, bluchers, blushers, bohriums, boroughs, broguish, bronchus, brunches, brushers, brushier, brushing, brushoff, brushups, bullrush, burghers, burthens, busheler, bushfire, butchers, hamburgs, harbours, hauberks, homburgs, hubrises, humblers, rhubarbs, rosebush, rubbishy, sambhurs, subahdar, subgraph, subshrub, thrombus, turbeths, turbiths. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Cities 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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