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{
"term": "brush",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "brush",
"heSheIt": "brushes"
},
"pastSimple": "brushed",
"pastParticiple": "brushed",
"ingForm": "brushing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to clean, polish or make something smooth with a brush",
"sensetop": "brush somethingbrush something + adj.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **brush your hair/teeth**",
"contextForm": "brush something"
},
{
"text": "to brush your shoes"
},
{
"text": "A tiled floor is easy to brush clean.",
"contextForm": "brush something + adj."
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "quickly", "slowly"],
"preposition": ["at"],
"phrases": ["brush something clean"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to remove or try to remove something from a place or surface with a brush or with your hand",
"sensetop": "brush something + adv./prep.brush + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I brushed the dirt off my jacket.",
"contextForm": "brush something + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "He pulled out a handkerchief and **brushed away the tears**."
},
{
"text": "Gail brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes."
},
{
"text": "She brushed the fly away."
},
{
"text": "Lucille brushed at the blood on his jacket.",
"contextForm": "brush + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "He brushed the mud from his coat."
},
{
"text": "She brushed away her tears."
},
{
"text": "Her hair was brushed back in a pony tail."
},
{
"text": "She brushed her hair out of her eyes."
},
{
"text": "I brushed the crumbs off the table."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "quickly", "slowly"],
"preposition": ["at"],
"phrases": ["brush something clean"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to put something, for example oil, milk or egg, on something using a brush",
"sensetop": "brush A with Bbrush B over, on, etc. A",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Brush the pastry with beaten egg.",
"contextForm": "brush A with B"
},
{
"text": "Brush beaten egg over the pastry.",
"contextForm": "brush B over, on, etc. A"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to touch somebody/something lightly while moving close to them/it",
"sensetop": "brush by/past somebody/somethingbrush against somebody/somethingbrush somethingbrush something with something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She brushed past him.",
"contextForm": "brush by/past somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "His hand accidentally brushed against hers.",
"contextForm": "brush against somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The leaves brushed her cheek.",
"contextForm": "brush something"
},
{
"text": "He brushed her lips with his.",
"contextForm": "brush something with something"
},
{
"text": "I hardly noticed the man who brushed past me in the corridor."
},
{
"text": "She brushed by him and dashed up the stairs."
},
{
"text": "She carefully avoided brushing against the man sitting beside her at the table."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["gently", "lightly", "softly"],
"preposition": ["against", "by", "past"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/brʌʃ/",
"audio": "br/brush/brush__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrʌʃɪz/",
"audio": "br/brush/brushes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/brʌʃt/",
"audio": "br/brush/brushed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrʌʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "br/brush/brushing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/brʌʃ/",
"audio": "br/brush/brush__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrʌʃɪz/",
"audio": "br/brush/brushes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/brʌʃt/",
"audio": "br/brush/brushed__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbrʌʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "br/brush/brushing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb Middle English: noun from Old French broisse; verb partly from Old French brosser ‘to sweep’."
}