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# brush

noun (a brush, brushes); verb (brush, brushes, brushed, brushing; brush off, brush up)

«brush» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tool with many bristles on a handle, used for cleaning, painting or tidying hair: toothbrush, paintbrush, hairbrush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#m1)
2. Verb: to clean or tidy with a brush: brush your teeth, brush your hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#m2)
3. Verb: to touch lightly while passing: «Her hand brushed mine». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#m3)
4. Noun: low bushes and small trees (brush, scrub). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#m4)
5. Brush up on: to practise something again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#m5)

### In the lessons

In hygiene: brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes with fluoride toothpaste, and brush your hair; brush your dog. In art: paintbrushes. In Australian and US safety: brush fires (bushfires) in dry land. Phrases: brush your teeth, brush your hair, paintbrush, toothbrush, hairbrush, brush off, brush up on, a brush with danger, brush fire.

### Examples

- Brush your teeth twice a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x1)
- Brush your hair before school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x2)
- Get a clean paintbrush for the blue paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x3)
- Change your toothbrush every three months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x4)
- A leaf brushed my face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x5)
- I need to brush up on my times tables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x6)
- The cat loves being brushed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x7)
- Firefighters put out the brush fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x8)
- ‘Brush me, girl!’ said the head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/#x9)

### Note

Countable noun: brushes (add -es). Regular verb: brushed. You «brush» teeth, not «wash» them. In maths: «2 minutes, twice a day» = 4 minutes a day = 28 minutes a week.

## In Jewish tradition

Here "brush-wood" means dry twigs and small branches that catch fire easily.

**Interpretation.** The prophet prays that God would appear so mightily that the nations tremble, like fire sweeping through dry brush. It is a picture of God's power made known to the world.

### Examples

- As when fire kindleth the brush-wood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at Thy presence, (Prophets ISA.64.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x1)

### Note

Countable noun: brushes (add -es). Regular verb: brushed. You «brush» teeth, not «wash» them. In maths: «2 minutes, twice a day» = 4 minutes a day = 28 minutes a week.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brush/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brush.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «brush» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brush» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/brush.html) on Mova free.