koskettaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• brush noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
• touch verb To make physical contact with something using the hand, finger, or another part of the body.

Senses

koskettaa is used for these senses in English:

• brush (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
• touch (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]
• touch (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.

brush — full definition

1. noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
2. noun A brief, unpleasant encounter with something.
3. noun Wild, low-growing vegetation such as shrubs and bushes.
4. verb To clean, arrange, or apply something using a brush.
5. verb To touch something lightly while passing by.

touch — full definition

1. verb To make physical contact with something using the hand, finger, or another part of the body.
2. verb To affect someone emotionally, often causing tenderness or sympathy.
3. verb To mention or deal with a topic briefly, without going into full detail.
4. verb To concern or have relevance to someone or something.
5. noun The sense that allows you to feel things by physical contact.

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