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1 brush
1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.)2) (an act of brushing.)3) (a bushy tail of a fox.)4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.)2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.)2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.)3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!)4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.)•- brush away
- brush up
- give
- get the brush-off -
2 brush aside
(to pay no attention to: She brushed aside my objections.) -
3 brush away
(to wipe off: She brushed away a tear; She brushed it away.) -
4 brush up
( with on) (to refresh one's knowledge of (eg a language): He brushed up his Spanish before he went on holiday.) -
5 nail-brush
noun (a small brush used for cleaning one's nails.) naglabursti -
6 paint-brush
noun (a brush used for putting on paint.) málningarpensill -
7 scrubbing-brush
noun (a brush with short stiff bristles for scrubbing.) skrúbbur, bursti -
8 sweeping-brush
noun (a type of brush with a long handle that is used for sweeping floors etc.) kústur -
9 get the brush-off
(to reject or be rejected abruptly.) reka; vera rekinn -
10 sweep
[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.) sópa2) (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.) sópa3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) geysa(st)4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) geysast2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) sópun2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) sveifla, stroka3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) sótari4) (a sweepstake.) getraunir•- 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 -
11 bristle
['brisl](a short, stiff hair on an animal or brush: The dog's bristles rose when it was angry.)- bristly -
12 broom
[bru:m]1) (a wild shrub of the pea family with (usually yellow) flowers: The hillside was covered in broom.)2) (a long-handled sweeping brush.) -
13 groom
[ɡru:m] 1. noun1) (a person who looks after horses: a groom at the stables.) hestasveinn2) (a bridegroom, male partner of the bride.) brúðgumi2. verb1) (to clean, brush etc a horse's coat: The horses were groomed for the horse show.) snyrta, þrífa2) (to prepare for some task, purpose etc: She's being groomed as a possible successor to our head of department.) undirbúa, setja inn í -
14 hairbrush
noun (a brush for arranging and smoothing the hair.) hárbursti -
15 nail
[neil] 1. noun1) (a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them: I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.) nögl2) (a thin pointed piece of metal used to fasten pieces of wood etc together: He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.) nagli2. verb(to fasten with nails: He nailed the picture to the wall.) negla- nail-file
- nail-polish
- nail-varnish
- nail-scissors
- hit the nail on the head -
16 paint
[peint] 1. noun(a colouring substance in the form of liquid or paste: The artist's clothes were covered in paint; ( also adjective) a paint pot.) málning2. verb1) (to spread paint carefully on (wood, walls etc): He is painting the kitchen.) mála2) (to make a picture (of something or someone) using paint: She painted her mother and father.) mála•- painter- painting
- paint-box
- paint-brush -
17 scrub
1. past tense, past participle - scrubbed; verb1) (to rub hard in order to clean: She's scrubbing the floor.) skrúbba, skúra2) (to remove by scrubbing: She scrubbed the mess off the carpet.) skrúbba3) (to cancel: We planned to go but had to scrub the idea.) fresta2. noun(an act of scrubbing.) skrúbbun -
18 still
I 1. [stil] adjective1) (without movement or noise: The city seems very still in the early morning; Please stand/sit/keep/hold still while I brush your hair!; still (= calm) water/weather.) kyrr2) ((of drinks) not fizzy: still orange juice.) goslaus2. noun(a photograph selected from a cinema film: The magazine contained some stills from the new film.) mynd, stakur rammi úr kvikmynd- stillborn II [stil] adverb1) (up to and including the present time, or the time mentioned previously: Are you still working for the same firm?; By Saturday he had still not / still hadn't replied to my letter.) enn, ennþá2) (nevertheless; in spite of that: Although the doctor told him to rest, he still went on working; This picture is not valuable - still, I like it.) þrátt fyrir það3) (even: He seemed very ill in the afternoon and in the evening looked still worse.) jafnvel -
19 toothbrush
noun (a brush for cleaning the teeth.) tannbursti
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