brush

• اسم يدل على أداة ذات شعيرات أو ألياف تُستخدم للتنظيف أو الدهان أو العناية أو تطبيق المواد.

A noun referring to a tool with bristles or filaments used for cleaning, painting, grooming, or applying substances.

1. Tool for painting or cleaningA1formal

   An implement with bristles used for applying paint, cleaning, or grooming.

   فُرْشاة

   • She used a paintbrush to create the artwork.
   • He cleaned the floor with a stiff brush.
   • The artist dipped the brush into the watercolor.

2. Hair grooming toolA1formal

   A tool with bristles used to arrange or style hair.

   فُرْشاة الشعر

   • She brushed her hair with a soft brush.
   • He keeps a hairbrush in his gym bag.
   • The brush helped detangle her long hair.

   المرادفاتhairbrush

3. Light contactB2informal

   A brief or slight touch or encounter.

   لمسة خفيفة

   • He felt a brush of her hand against his.
   • The car had a brush with the curb.
   • She had a brush with fame when she met the actor.

   المرادفاتcontactencountergrazescrapetouch

4. Dense vegetationB1formal

   A thick growth of small trees and shrubs.

   شُجَيْرَات

   • The rabbit disappeared into the brush.
   • They cleared the brush to make a path.
   • The hikers pushed through the thick brush.

   المرادفاتbrakebushchaparralcoppicescrubthicketundergrowth

• فعل يُستخدم للدلالة على تنظيف شيء ما أو تسويته أو دهنه بفرشاة، أو على لمس شيء ما أو ملامسته لمسًا خفيفًا عابرًا.

A verb used to indicate the act of cleaning, smoothing, or applying something with a brush, or lightly touching something in passing.

1. Clean or groomA1formal

   To clean, smooth, or tidy something using a brush.

   ينظّف بالفرشاة

   • She brushed her hair before going out.
   • He brushed his teeth twice a day.
   • The groom brushed the horse's mane.

   المرادفاتcleancombgroomscrubsweep

2. Touch lightlyB1formal

   To touch something lightly in passing.

   لمس برفق

   • Her hand brushed against his arm.
   • The leaves brushed my face as I walked through the forest.
   • He brushed the dust off his jacket.

   المرادفاتglancegrazeskimstrokesweeptouch

3. Remove or dismissB2informal

   To ignore or treat something as unimportant.

   تَجَاهَلَ

   • She brushed off his criticism.
   • He brushed aside their concerns.
   • They brushed away the problem as if it didn't matter.

   المرادفاتbrush asidebrush offdismissdisregardignorerebuffshrug offspurn

   الأضدادacknowledgeaddressconsiderheedrespect

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