/brʌʃ/
Translation
To move a brush over something to make it clean or tidy.
Word origin
From Old French brosse, meaning brushwood, later a tool made from stiff hairs.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- brosse
Grammar
Examples
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Here "brush" means to move a brush over your teeth to clean them.
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"Brushed" is the past form of "brush".
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"Brushes" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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