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1 brush aside
• sivuuttaa kevyesti* * *(to pay no attention to: She brushed aside my objections.) sivuuttaa -
2 brush
• ottelu• ruokota• häntä• hyväillä• hipaista• hipaisu• hivellä• varvikko• sipaista• siivota• silittää• sivellin• sivellä• pusikko• pöheikkö• pyyhkiä• tiheikkö• kammata• harjata• harja• pensseli• pensasto• pesuharja• pensaikko• selkkaus• suoria• suka• sukia• suti• luuta* * *1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) harja2) (an act of brushing.) harjaus3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) ketunhäntä4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) yhteenotto2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) harjata2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) lakaista3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) harjata4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) hipaista•- brush away
- brush up
- give
- get the brush-off -
3 sweep
• nokikolari• nuohooja• nuohota• veto• vintti• astua arvokkaasti• ala• ulottuvaisuus• pyyhkäys• pyyhkäistä• pyyhkäisy• pyyhkiä• raivata• kantama• kiitää• liukua yli• kaartuva tie• kaartua• kaari• kaartaa• kaarros• mutka• suma• kulkea nopeasti• lakaisu• laaja näkymäaviation• laskeutua• lakaistaelectricity• piiri* * *swi:p 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) lakaista2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) pyyhkäistä3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) pyyhkiä yli4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) pyyhältää2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) lakaisu2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) heilautus3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) nuohooja4) (a sweepstake.) vedonlyönti•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up
См. также в других словарях:
brush aside — (someone/something) to not give someone or something serious consideration. I saw this happen, and you can t just call me crazy and brush me aside. Her friends worried that she might be arrested, but Nancy confidently brushed aside their concerns … New idioms dictionary
brush aside — / brush off [v] ignore; refuse boycott, cold shoulder*, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, have no time for*, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn, sweep… … New thesaurus
brush aside — index discount (disbelieve), disdain, dismiss (put out of consideration), ignore, rebuff, reject, spurn … Law dictionary
brush aside — verb bar from attention or consideration (Freq. 2) She dismissed his advances • Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush off, ↑discount, ↑push aside, ↑ignore … Useful english dictionary
brush aside — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms brush aside : present tense I/you/we/they brush aside he/she/it brushes aside present participle brushing aside past tense brushed aside past participle brushed aside to refuse to accept that something is… … English dictionary
brush aside — or brush away PHRASAL VERB If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be. [V n P] Perhaps you shouldn t brush the idea aside too… … English dictionary
brush aside — phr verb Brush aside is used with these nouns as the object: ↑thought … Collocations dictionary
brush aside someone — brush aside (someone/something) to not give someone or something serious consideration. I saw this happen, and you can t just call me crazy and brush me aside. Her friends worried that she might be arrested, but Nancy confidently brushed aside… … New idioms dictionary
brush aside something — brush aside (someone/something) to not give someone or something serious consideration. I saw this happen, and you can t just call me crazy and brush me aside. Her friends worried that she might be arrested, but Nancy confidently brushed aside… … New idioms dictionary
brush aside — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, brush off, chuck, chuck out, contemn, contradict, decline, deny, despise, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, drop the subject, except, exclude, forget, forget … Moby Thesaurus
brush aside — {v. phr.} To ignore; give no reply. * /Brushing aside the editor s comments, the young novelist proceeded with his story, which was subsequently rejected by the publisher./ … Dictionary of American idioms
