English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of brush

brush

/noun/ ब्रश; सफ़ाई का ब्रश; कूंचा; लोमड़ी की पूंछ; रंग भरने का ब्रश;
/verb/ब्रश करना;

Synonym swab; mop; foxtail; brush up;

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English Dictionary:

1. Brush

[n.]

- An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.
- The bushy tail of a fox.
- A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
- A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
- A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.
- The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.
- A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
- A short contest, or trial, of speed.
- To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
- To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
- To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.

2. Brush

[v. i.]

- To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.