brush
Betekenis (Engels)
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- 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.
- The act of brushing something.
- A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
- A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
- Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
- A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
- The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
- A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- A short contest, or trial, of speed.
- An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
- An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
- A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
- In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
- (slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
- Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
Concepten
doornbos
koolborstel
verfborstel
Synoniemen
brush against
touch lightly
light touch
commutator brush
swab down
draw a comb through
dust and sweep
score out
brush on
scrub brush
inunct
sleek down
strike a note
writing instrument
groom animal
tropical scrub
electric brush
electrical brush
carbon body
brush away
dynamo brush
shrubbery scrub
rub against
small brush
writing brush
long-handled brush
fourre
floorbrush
make bright
laying on
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/bɹʌʃ/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse), from Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or also Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusgo-.
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