{
    "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’."
}