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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.
 cepillo, escobilla, brocha, pincel, sedera
  • A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
 escobilla, cepillo
  • (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
 matorral
  • The act of brushing something.
 cepillado
  • A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
 encuentro, roce

brush verb

  /bɹɛʃ/ , /bɹʌʃ/
  • (transitive) To clean with a brush.
  • (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
 cepillar, acepillar
  • (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
 rozar
  • (transitive) To apply with a brush.
 aplicar
  • (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
 recoger, cepillar
brush off
ignorar
brush up
bruñir, desempolvar
tar with the same brush
meter en el mismo saco
brush down
rasquetear
shaving brush
brocha de afeitar
toilet brush
escobilla de baño
brush one's teeth
cepillarse los dientes
daft as a brush
tan tonto como un burro
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