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# brush

«brush» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A tool with many bristles on a handle, used for cleaning…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tool with many bristles on a handle, used for cleaning, painting or tidying hair: toothbrush, paintbrush, hairbrush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#m1)

2) Verb: to clean or tidy with a brush: brush your teeth, brush your hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#m2)

3) Verb: to touch lightly while passing: «Her hand brushed mine». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#m3)

4) Noun: low bushes and small trees (brush, scrub). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#m4)

5) Brush up on: to practise something again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x1)
- Brush your teeth twice a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x2)
- Brush your hair before school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x3)
- Get a clean paintbrush for the blue paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x4)
- Change your toothbrush every three months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x5)
- A leaf brushed my face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x6)
- I need to brush up on my times tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x7)
- The cat loves being brushed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x8)
- Firefighters put out the brush fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x9)
- ‘Brush me, girl!’ said the head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/#x10)

### 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 the corpora

- [Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/5/)
- [Loose brushwork, holding the brush further from the bristles, often makes paintings look more alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/13/)
- [Lorikeets have brush-tipped tongues for licking nectar and pollen from flowers, and they are noisy visitors to gardens in eastern Australia.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea/13/)
- [Przewalski's horses are short and stocky, sandy brown, with a stiff mane that stands up like a brush.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/19/)
- [The Mole «had to brush away a tear or two with the back of his paw.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/34/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brush» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brush/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.