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Results for: "brush"

Translating from English to Norwegian

Translations:

brush — brush, tool with bristles
→ børste m
→ pensel m
brush — to clean
→ børste

More translations:

brush
→ børste, kost
brush
→ børsting, kosting
brush
→ busket hale
brush
→ sammenstøt
brush
→ børste, pusse
brush
→ børste, koste
brush
→ børste, gre
brush
→ stryke, streife

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (9)

1. a dense growth of bushes;
[syn: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket]

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

3. momentary contact;
[syn: brush, light touch]

4. conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor;

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

6. a minor short-term fight;
[syn: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish]

7. the act of brushing your teeth;
- Example: "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
[syn: brush, brushing]

8. the act of brushing your hair;
- Example: "he gave his hair a quick brush"
[syn: brush, brushing]

9. contact with something dangerous or undesirable;
- Example: "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"
- Example: "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"


VERB (6)

1. rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;
- Example: "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"

2. touch lightly and briefly;
- Example: "He brushed the wall lightly"

3. clean with a brush;
- Example: "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"

4. sweep across or over;
- Example: "Her long skirt brushed the floor"
- Example: "A gasp swept cross the audience"
[syn: brush, sweep]

5. remove with or as if with a brush;
- Example: "brush away the crumbs"
- Example: "brush the dust from the jacket"
- Example: "brush aside the objections"

6. cover by brushing;
- Example: "brush the bread with melted butter"