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brush-off

US pronunciation
American soundbrush off
brushoff
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brush - off -> brush off

Myanmar meaning

(n) ငြင်းပယ်ခြင်း။

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brush /brʌʃ/ n

၁။ [C] ဝက်မှင်ဘီး။ စုတ်တံ။ ဘရွတ်။ သွားပွတ်တံ။ a clothes-brush ❍ a tooth-brush ❍ a dustpan and brush ❍ a hairbrush ❍ a paintbrush ❍ a brush stroke (ie the mark left by a PAINTBRUSH).
၂။ [sing] ယင်းဖြင့်တိုက်ခြင်း၊ ဖြီးခြင်း။ give one's clothes/shoes/teeth/hair a (good) brush.
၃။ [sing] သပ်ခြင်း။ ပွတ်ကာသီကာထိခြင်း၊ ငြိခြင်း။ He knocked a glass off the table with a brush of his coat/arm.
၄။ [C] မြေခွေးအမြီး။
၅။ (also brush-wood ) [U] ချုံထူသောမြေ။ a brush fire.
၆။ [C] ~ with sb [ဥ] ငြိခြင်း။ a brush with the law/police ❍ She had a nasty brush with her boss this morning.
v
၁။ (ဝက်မှင်ဘီး စသည်ဖြင့်) တိုက်သည်၊ သပ်သည်၊ ခါသည်။ brush your clothes/shoes/hair ❍ brush one's teeth clean.
၂။ ဖွဖွကလေးသပ်သည်။ leaves brushing one's cheek ❍ His hand brushed hers.
❏ brush against/by/past sb/sth [PHRV ] ဘေးမှ၊ ဘေးချင်း၊ ဘေးဖြင့်ပွတ်သွားသည်။ She brushed past him without saying a word.
❍ A cat brushed against her leg in the darkness.
❏ brush sb/sth aside [PHRV ]
၁။ ဘေးဖယ်ထားလိုက်သည်။ ဖယ်ရှင်းလိုက်သည်။ The enemy brushed aside our defences.
၂။ ဘေးချိတ်ထားသည်။ He brushed aside my objections to his plan.
❏ brush sth away off [PHRV ] ပွတ်ပစ်သည်။ တိုက်ပစ်သည်။ ခါပစ်သည်။ brush mud off (one's trousers) ❍ She brushed the fly away (from her face).
❏ brush oneself/sth down [PHRV ] ဘရွတ်ဖြင့် ပွတ်တိုက် သည်။ Your coat needs brushing down—it's covered in dust.
❏ brush off [PHRV ] ပွတ်တိုက်၍ ကျွတ်သွားသည်၊ စင်သည်။ Mud brushes off easily when it's dry.
❏ brush-off n (pl brush-offs ) (infml ) ငြင်းပယ်ခြင်း။ လက်သင့်မခံခြင်း။ He asked her for a date but she gave him the brush-off.
❏ brush sb off [PHRV ] (infml ) လက်သင့်မခံ။ ခါထုတ်သည်။ ဘေးချိတ်သည်။ He's very interested in her but she's always brushing him off.
❏ brush sth up/ brush up on sth [PHRV ] ပြန်လည် လေ့ကျက်သည်။ ပြန်နှူးသည်။ ပြန်၍ဖုတ်ဖက်ခါသည်။ I must brush up (on) my Italian before I go to Rome.

More examples
  • [brush your hair/teeth] : She hadn’t bothered to brush her hair.
  • How often do you brush your teeth?
  • [brush something off/from something] : Let me brush the dust off your jacket.
  • [brush something out] : If you get paint in your hair, you won’t be able to brush it out.
  • Brush the lacquer on thinly.
  • [brush something with something] : Brush the cut surfaces with the lemon juice.
  • Her sleeve brushed the wall.
  • [brush past/against] : She brushed past him.
  • He brushed her lips with his mouth.
  • [brush something away] : Maggie brushed away her tears as she listened.
  • [brush something from/off something] : We had to brush the snow off the windscreen.
Synonyms
skirmish, disagreement, argument, difference of opinion, clash, besom, boscage, bracken, broom, brushwood, buff, caress, chaparral, clean, clear, coat, conflict, confrontation, contact, coppice, copse, cover, dingle, encounter, engagement, fern, fight, flick, fracas, glance, gorse, graze, groom, grove, hairbrush, hedge, kiss, meeting, mop, paint, polish, polisher, rub, run-in, scrap, scrape, scrappy bushes, scrub, sedge, set-to, shave, shrubbery, skim, smooth, spinney, stroke, sweep, sweeper, tap, thicket, tickle, toothbrush, touch, touch lightly, tussle, undergrowth, underwood, wash, waxer, whisk, wipe
Antonyms
agreement, calm, dirty, harmony, lot, peace, surrender
Cross references
skirmishdisagreementargumentdifference of opinionclashbesomboscagebrackenbroombrushwoodbuffcaresschaparralcleanclearcoatconflictconfrontationcontactcoppicecopsecoverdingleencounterengagementfernfightflick
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