Brushing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of brushing your teeth

the act of brushing your hair

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈeɪpɚɹɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈʌʃɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈʌʃɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈeɪpɚɹɚ/.

Examples

the dentist recommended two brushes a day
he gave his hair a quick brush
Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

brush sweep

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of brushing your teeth “the dentist recommended two brushes a day”
noun	the act of brushing your hair “he gave his hair a quick brush”
verb	rub with a brush, or as if with a brush “Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket”
verb	touch lightly and briefly “He brushed the wall lightly”
verb	clean with a brush “She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet”
verb	sweep across or over “Her long skirt brushed the floor”
verb	remove with or as if with a brush “brush away the crumbs”
verb	cover by brushing “brush the bread with melted butter”

Word Forms

brush	noun	an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
sweep	noun	a movement in an arc

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Bürsten

der Akt des Zähneputzens

🇫🇷French

brossage

le fait de se brosser les dents

🇪🇸Spanish

cepillado

el acto de cepillarse los dientes

🇮🇹Italian

spazzolatura

l'atto di lavarsi i denti

🇳🇱Dutch

poetsen

de handeling van het tandenpoetsen

🇵🇹Portuguese

escovar

o ato de escovar os dentes

🇷🇺Russian

чистка зубов

процесс чистки зубов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ब्रश करना

अपने दाँत ब्रश करने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

ব্রাশিং

আপনার দাঁত ব্রাশ করার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

துலக்குதல்

உங்கள் பல் துலக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

బ్రషింగ్

మీ పళ్ళు తోముకునే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

घासणे

दात घासण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

બ્રશિંગ

તમારા દાંત સાફ કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಲ್ಲುಜ್ಜುವುದು

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹಲ್ಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಲ್ಲುಜ್ಜುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബ്രഷിംഗ്

നിങ്ങളുടെ പല്ല് തേക്കുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੁਰਸ਼

ਆਪਣੇ ਦੰਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੁਰਸ਼ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

برش

اپنے دانت صاف کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

刷牙

刷牙的动作

🇯🇵Japanese

ブラッシング

歯を磨くという行為

🇰🇷Korean

브러싱

이를 닦는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đánh răng

hành động đánh răng của bạn

🇹🇭Thai

การแปรงฟัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

penyikatan

tindakan menyikat gigi

🇵🇭Filipino

pagsipilyo

ang pagkilos ng pagsipilyo ng iyong ngipin

🇲🇾Malay

memberus gigi

perbuatan memberus gigi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تنظيف الأسنان بالفرشاة

فعل تنظيف أسنانك

🇮🇷Persian

مسواک زدن

عمل مسواک زدن

🇹🇷Turkish

fırçalama

dişlerini fırçalama eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַברָשָׁה

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