brush

• Nom désignant un outil muni de poils, de soies ou de fibres, utilisé pour nettoyer, peindre, coiffer ou appliquer des substances.

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.

   Brosse (outil)

   • 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.

   Brosse à cheveux

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

   Synonymeshairbrush

3. Light contactB2informal

   A brief or slight touch or encounter.

   contact léger

   • 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.

   Synonymescontactencountergrazescrapetouch

4. Dense vegetationB1formal

   A thick growth of small trees and shrubs.

   Broussailles

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

   Synonymesbrakebushchaparralcoppicescrubthicketundergrowth

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de nettoyer, de lisser ou d'appliquer quelque chose avec une brosse, ou de toucher légèrement quelque chose en passant.

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.

   Brosser (nettoyer ou lisser)

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

   Synonymescleancombgroomscrubsweep

2. Touch lightlyB1formal

   To touch something lightly in passing.

   effleurer

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

   Synonymesglancegrazeskimstrokesweeptouch

3. Remove or dismissB2informal

   To ignore or treat something as unimportant.

   écarter d'un revers de main

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

   Synonymesbrush asidebrush offdismissdisregardignorerebuffshrug offspurn

   Antonymesacknowledgeaddressconsiderheedrespect

Variantes phrasalbrush downbrush offbrush onbrush up