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brush noun

  /bɹɛʃ/ , /bɹʌʃ/
  • An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
 Bürste, Pinsel
  • A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
 Bürste
  • (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
 Busch, Gebüsch, Gestrüpp
  • The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
 Lunte, Standarte

brush verb

  /bɹɛʃ/ , /bɹʌʃ/
  • (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
 bürsten
  • (transitive) To clean with a brush.
 bürsten, putzen
  • (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
 streifen
  • (transitive) To apply with a brush.
 auftragen, pinseln
  • (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
 wischen, bürsten
shaving brush
Rasierpinsel
toilet brush
Klobürste, Toilettenbürste
tar with the same brush
alles über einen Kamm scheren
brush off
abbügeln
brush up
aufbürsten, auffrischen
brush down
abbürsten
paint brush
Pinsel
wire brush
Drahtbürste
brush aside
abtun
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