BRUSH

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Traducere în limba română

brush¹ I. substantiv

1. perie.

2. pensulă, penel; (fig.) penel, arta / maniera pictorului; (fig. fam.) pictor.

3. coadă (stufoasă) (mai ales la vulpe);

(sl.) to save one's brush a scăpa teafăr, cu pielea întreagă.

4. periere, periat, dat cu peria;

give it another brush mai lustruieşte-l, mai lucrează la el, mai ciocăneşte-l.

◊ (fam.) to make a brush a o şterge, a spăla putina, a da bir cu fugiţii.

brush¹ II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a peria, a curăţa, a şterge cu peria.

2. a peria (părul).

3. a atinge uşor.

4. to brush aside a da la o parte, a înlătura (un gând, o obiecţie, o dificultate);

to brush away a mătura (dând la o parte);

to brush out a) a mătura (o cameră); b) a suprima, a şterge (un detaliu, cu pensula);

to brush up a) a curăţi, a aduce în ordine, a pune în ordine, în rânduială; b) (fig.) a reîmprospăta cunoştinţele de;

I must brush up my French trebuie să-mi reîmprospătez cunoştinţele de franceză.

brush¹ II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a peria.

2. (fig.) a fugi (mâncând pământul), a goni.

3. to brush against a atinge uşor;

to brush by a trece ca o săgeată pe lângă;

to brush off a o zbughi, a fugi ca din puşcă;

to brush up a) a se curăţa; b) a se pune la punct, a se găti.

brush² I. substantiv

tufiş; tufărie, desiş, hăţiş.

brush² II. verb tranzitiv

a sădi cu tufişuri.

brush³ substantiv

1. ciocnire, încăierare;

at a / the first brush de la primul contact, de la prima întâlnire.

2. (med.) criză, atac.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

And there were opportunities, too, for her hair to brush his cheek, and for shoulder to touch shoulder, as they leaned together over the beauty of the books.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

A sterile brush is used to apply Latisse on the upper and lower margins of the eyelids once a day.

(Latisse, NCI Dictionary)

Her arms were around me, her hair was brushing my face.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

There were the means of washing in the room, and a comb and brush to smooth my hair.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I should not be surprised to learn, mon camarade, said the soldier, as he heaped a slice of fish upon Alleyne's tranchoir of bread, that you could read written things, since you are so ready with your brushes and pigments.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I'll right it up in two minutes, for it only needs to have the hearth brushed, so—and the things made straight on the mantelpiece, so—and the books put here, and the bottles there, and your sofa turned from the light, and the pillows plumped up a bit.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Also called bronchial brush biopsy.

(Bronchial brushing, NCI Dictionary)

The work being now finished, the two girls, whose names I had not heard, brushed the shreds and threads from their dresses, and went into the shop to put that to rights, and wait for customers.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

These swung back and forth with every roll of the vessel, giving rise to a brushing sound, as of trees against a roof or wall.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

And on Mondays eight servants including an extra gardener toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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