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Translating from English to Dutch

Translations:

brush — brush, tool with bristles
→ borstel m
→ kwast
brush — to clean
→ borstelen
→ poetsen
→ vegen

More translations:

brush
→ borstel
brush
→ borsteling
brush
→ pluimstaart
brush
→ botsing
brush
→ borstelen
brush
→ vegen
brush
→ strijken langs

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 9

  1. a dense growth of bushes

    Synonymsbrushwoodcoppicecopsethicket

  2. an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle

  3. momentary contact

    Synonymslight touch
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  1. conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor

  2. a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)

  3. a minor short-term fight

    Synonymsclashencounterskirmish

  4. the act of brushing your teeth

    • “the dentist recommended two brushes a day”
    Synonymsbrushing

  5. the act of brushing your hair

    • “he gave his hair a quick brush”
    Synonymsbrushing

  6. contact with something dangerous or undesirable

    • “I had a brush with danger on my way to work”
    • “he tried to avoid any brushes with the police”

VERB 6

  1. 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”
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  1. sweep across or over

    • “Her long skirt brushed the floor”
    • “A gasp swept cross the audience”
    Synonymssweep

  2. remove with or as if with a brush

    • “brush away the crumbs”
    • “brush the dust from the jacket”
    • “brush aside the objections”

  3. cover by brushing

    • “brush the bread with melted butter”