Brush



noun
1.
(an implement with bristles of hair, wire. or nylon, etc., set in a solid base, the bushy tail of a fox or other animals, a short sharp encounter, the act of brushing) hair brush ច្រាស, artist's brush ជក dense brush ព្រៃគុម្ពោត, be from the brush តំបន់ចុងកាត់មាត់ញក, brush wood ព្រៃឈើ, ព្រៃរបោះ
verbpast tense: brushed ; past participle: brushed ; present participle: brushing ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) Brush up on រៀនឡើងវិញ
2.
(TRANSITIVE) (To graze, to clean, to polish, etc., with a brush. -brush away to get rid of. -brush fire a fire in the area of bushes, shrubs, or brush) ដុសនឹងច្រាស
Example: Brush the coat, floor, Brush away the snow, Brush away a fly, Brush up the silver.brush one's teeth ដុស, brush against (a chair) ត្រដុស (នឹង) / brush away (a fly) ផាត់ចេញ, បបោស, brush off (an antagonist) ផាត់ចោល, ទាត់ចាល, brush up (one's English) រៀនឡើងវិញ
  • brush aside
    - ចាក់ចោល, មិនយក
    - រុញទៅម្ខាង
  • brush down
    - បោសឬជូតចោល
  • brush fire
    - ភ្លើងឆេះព្រៃ
  • brush off
    - ផាត់ចោល
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.
2.
The bushy tail of a fox.
3.
A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
4.
Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
5.
A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
6.
A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.
7.
The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.
8.
A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
9.
A short contest, or trial, of speed.
10.
In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.
verbpast tense: brushed ; past participle: brushed ; present participle: brushing ;
1.
To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
2.
To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
3.
To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.
4.
(INTRANSITIVE) To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.