Brush

//bɹʌʃ//

Synonyms for "brush" (362 found)

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Closest matches (73)

Strong matches (108)

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Related words (181)

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Verb(1 words)
sweep

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14 relation types

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Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

2 entries

at location

1 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

162 entries

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has context

6 entries

is a

11 entries

manner of

6 entries

part of

2 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

50 entries

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similar

2 entries

used for

5 entries

Translations

396 translations across 92 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • borsel noun (implement)
  • kwas noun (implement)

Ainu

1 entries
  • シルシル verb (to clean (with a brush))

Albanian

1 entries
  • furçë noun (implement)

Arabic

4 entries
  • فرشة noun (implement)
  • فُرْشة noun (implement)
  • فُرْشَاة noun (implement)
  • فَرَشَ verb (to clean (with a brush))

Armenian

2 entries
  • խոզանակ noun (implement)
  • վրձին noun (implement)

Assamese

3 entries
  • তুলি noun (implement)
  • বুৰুজ noun (implement)
  • ব্ৰাচ noun (implement)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܟ̰ܘܿܬܩܵܐ noun (implement)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • fırça noun (implement)
  • şotka noun (implement)

Bavarian German

2 entries
  • Bembsl noun (implement)
  • bembsln verb (to clean (with a brush))

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пэ́ндзаль noun (implement)
  • шчо́тка noun (implement)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ব্রাশ noun (implement)

Breton

2 entries
  • broust noun (implement)
  • broustañ verb (to clean (with a brush))

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гъсталак noun (wild vegetation)
  • опашка noun (furry tail)
  • стълкновение noun (short experience)
  • че́тка noun (implement)

Burmese

2 entries
  • စုတ် noun (implement)
  • ဝက်မှင်ဘီး noun (implement)

Catalan

2 entries
  • raspall noun (implement)
  • raspallar noun (act of brushing)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • burus noun (implement)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • فرچە noun (implement)
  • شانە کردن verb (to untangle/arrange)
  • فرچە کردن verb (to clean (with a brush))

Chechen

1 entries
  • ехк noun (implement)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 洗喙 verb (to clean (with a brush))

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 刷 noun (implement)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 刷 noun (implement)
  • 刷子 noun (implement)
  • 笔 noun (implement for writing)
  • 刷 verb (to clean (with a brush))

Czech

3 entries
  • kartáč noun (implement)
  • štětec noun (implement)
  • štětka noun (implement)

Danish

3 entries
  • børste noun (implement)
  • børste noun (act of brushing)
  • børste verb (to clean (with a brush))

Dutch

4 entries
  • (hair-) haarborstel noun (implement)
  • (paint-) verfborstel noun (implement)
  • (tooth-) tandenborstel noun (implement)
  • borstel noun (implement)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • broso noun (implement)
  • peniko noun (implement)
  • brosi verb (to clean (with a brush))

Estonian

2 entries
  • hari noun (implement)
  • pintsel noun (implement)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bust noun (implement)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hankaus noun (short experience)
  • harja noun (implement)
  • harja noun (electrical contact)
  • harja noun (music: instrument)

French

4 entries
  • accrochage noun (short experience)
  • brossage noun (act of brushing)
  • brosse noun (implement)
  • buisson noun (wild vegetation)

Galician

4 entries
  • bascullo noun (electrical contact)
  • bouza noun (wild vegetation)
  • bramal noun (wild vegetation)
  • brocha noun (implement)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ფუნჯი noun (implement)
  • ყალამი noun (implement)
  • ჯაგრისი noun (implement)

German

4 entries
  • (paint-) Pinsel noun (implement)
  • Busch noun (wild vegetation)
  • Bürste noun (implement)
  • Bürste noun (electrical contact)

Greek

4 entries
  • βούρτσα noun (implement)
  • βούρτσισμα noun (act of brushing)
  • θαμνότοπος noun (wild vegetation)
  • λόχμη noun (wild vegetation)

Greenlandic

3 entries
  • børsti noun (implement)
  • børsterpaa verb (to remove)
  • salippoq verb (to clean (with a brush))

Hebrew

3 entries
  • הברשה noun (act of brushing)
  • מִבְרֶשֶׁת noun (implement)
  • הבריש verb (to clean (with a brush))

Hindi

3 entries
  • झाड़ू noun (implement)
  • बुरुश noun (implement)
  • ब्रश noun (implement)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • (paint-) ecset noun (implement)
  • kefe noun (implement)
  • kefélés noun (act of brushing)
  • seprű noun (implement)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • hárbursti m tannbursti (tooth-) noun (implement)
  • pensill m bursti (hair-) noun (implement)
  • bursta verb (to clean (with a brush))

Ido

3 entries
  • brosilo noun (implement)
  • pinselo noun (implement)
  • brosar verb (to clean (with a brush))

Indonesian

2 entries
  • sikat noun (implement)
  • menyikat verb (to clean (with a brush))

Ingrian

4 entries
  • harja noun (implement)
  • kistocka noun (implement for writing)
  • šotka noun (implement)
  • šotkata verb (to untangle/arrange)

Ingush

1 entries
  • ехк noun (implement)

Italian

4 entries
  • incontro noun (short experience)
  • pennello noun (implement)
  • scontro noun (short experience)
  • spazzola noun (implement)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ブラシ noun (implement)
  • ブラシ noun (electrical contact)
  • ブラシがけ noun (act of brushing)
  • 刷子 noun (implement)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • skoba verb (to clean (with a brush))

Kazakh

2 entries
  • щетка noun (implement)
  • қылшақ noun (implement)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សោធនី noun (implement)

Korean

4 entries
  • 붓 noun (implement for writing)
  • 브러시 noun (implement)
  • 솔 noun (implement)
  • 필 noun (implement for writing)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • щетка noun (implement)

Ladino

1 entries
  • furcha noun (implement)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຟອຍ noun (implement)
  • ຟອຽ noun (implement)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • (paint-) tepeklis noun (implement)
  • suseklis noun (implement)

Latin

1 entries
  • pēnicillum noun (implement)

Latvian

2 entries
  • (paint-) ota noun (implement)
  • suka noun (implement)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • teptukas noun (implement)
  • šepetys noun (implement)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Biischt noun (implement)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • четка noun (implement)

Malay

3 entries
  • berus noun (implement)
  • memberus verb (to clean (with a brush))
  • menyikat verb (to untangle/arrange)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • ബ്രഷ് noun (implement)
  • ഉരസുക verb (to touch)
  • തേക്കുക verb (to clean (with a brush))

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᡳ noun (implement for writing)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • багс noun (implement)
  • бийр noun (implement for writing)
  • сойз noun (implement)
  • ᠪᠢᠷ noun (implement for writing)

Māori

4 entries
  • heu noun (wild vegetation)
  • heuheu noun (wild vegetation)
  • hārau verb (to touch)
  • paraihe verb (to clean (with a brush))

Navajo

4 entries
  • bee alzhóhí noun (implement)
  • beeʼadleeshí noun (implement)
  • béʼézhóóʼ (hairbrush) noun (implement)
  • ké bee yilzhóhí noun (implement)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • firçe noun (implement)
  • havlêk noun (implement)
  • rînek noun (implement)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • børste noun (implement)
  • børste verb (to clean (with a brush))
  • børste verb (to untangle/arrange)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • فرچه noun (implement)
  • فرچهلامق verb (to clean (with a brush))

Persian

3 entries
  • برس noun (implement)
  • شت noun (implement)
  • فرچه noun (implement)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Barscht noun (implement)

Polish

4 entries
  • czesanie noun (act of brushing)
  • kita noun (furry tail)
  • pędzel noun (implement)
  • szczotka noun (implement)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • brocha noun (implement)
  • encontro noun (short experience)
  • escova noun (implement)
  • escova noun (electrical contact)

Romanian

4 entries
  • (paint-) pensulă noun (implement)
  • periat noun (act of brushing)
  • perie noun (implement)
  • perie noun (electrical contact)

Russian

4 entries
  • кисть noun (implement)
  • куст noun (wild vegetation)
  • куста́рник noun (wild vegetation)
  • столкновение noun (short experience)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • sguab noun (implement)
  • sguabadh noun (act of brushing)
  • sguab verb (to clean (with a brush))
  • sguab verb (to remove)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kist noun (implement)
  • kičica noun (implement)
  • četka noun (implement)
  • četkanje noun (act of brushing)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • pinzeḍḍu noun (implement)

Slovak

4 entries
  • kefa noun (implement)
  • kefa noun (electrical contact)
  • kefka noun (implement)
  • štetec noun (implement)

Slovene

3 entries
  • krtača noun (implement)
  • čopič noun (implement)
  • umiti verb (to clean (with a brush))

Spanish

4 entries
  • brocha noun (implement)
  • bruza noun (implement)
  • cepillado noun (act of brushing)
  • cepillo noun (implement)

Swahili

2 entries
  • brashi noun (implement)
  • burashi noun (implement)

Swedish

4 entries
  • borste noun (implement)
  • pensel noun (implement)
  • borsta verb (to clean (with a brush))
  • snudda verb (to touch)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pinsel noun (implement)
  • sipilyo noun (implement)

Tajik

1 entries
  • чӯтка noun (implement)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కుంచె noun (implement)

Thai

1 entries
  • แปรง noun (implement)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཕག་འདོ noun (implement)

Turkish

2 entries
  • fırça noun (implement)
  • fırçalamak verb (to clean (with a brush))

Turkmen

1 entries
  • çotga noun (implement)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • пе́нзель noun (implement)
  • щі́тка noun (implement)

Urdu

1 entries
  • برش noun (implement)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • choʻtka noun (implement)
  • choʻtkalash noun (music: instrument)
  • tarash noun (music: instrument)
  • taramoq verb (to clean (with a brush))

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bàn chải noun (implement)
  • bút lông noun (implement for writing)
  • cọ noun (implement)

Volapük

4 entries
  • dratakef noun (implement)
  • frotakef noun (implement)
  • glimükamakef noun (implement)
  • heremikef noun (implement)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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You'd better brush up on your English if you 're going to go to America.

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Brush off the dust from your shoes.

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I just brush it off.

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He went to France to brush up on his speaking ability.

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