Palabra Inglés del Día

brush

cepillo

Definiciones

inglés > español
brush
1. s. Cepillo.
2. Cepillar.
inglés > inglés
brush
1. s. An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
2. s. The act of brushing something.
She gave her hair a quick brush.
3. s. A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
4. s. A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
Synonyms: corposant
5. s. Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (Wikipedia).
6. s. A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
He has had brushes with communism from time to time.
7. s. The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
8. s. (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
9. s. (archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
10. s. (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
11. s. (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
12. s. (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
13. s. (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
14. s. (North Wisconsin, un) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking.
15. v. To clean with a brush.
Brush your teeth.
16. v. To untangle or arrange with a brush.
Brush your hair.
17. v. To apply with a brush.
Brush the paint onto the walls.
18. v. To remove with a sweeping motion.
Brush the flour off your clothes.
19. v. To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
Her scarf brushed his skin.
20. v. (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
español > inglés
cepillo
1. n-m. brush
2. n-m. plane (tool for smoothing wood; for carpentry)
3. n-m. poor box