mato — meaning in English

English meaning

• backcountry noun A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.
• brush noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
• brushwood noun Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
• bush noun A woody plant with multiple stems, smaller than a tree.
• grass noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
• scrub verb To clean something by rubbing hard, often with a brush.
• weed verb To pull unwanted plants out of a garden or field.
• wilderness noun A wild, natural area with no human settlement or cultivation.
• woodland noun Land covered by trees; a lightly forested area.

Senses

mato is used for these senses in English:

• backcountry A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.
• brush (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
• brushwood Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
• brushwood Small trees and shrubs.
• grass (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
• weed (countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
• wilderness (uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
• woodland (broadly) Land covered with woody vegetation.

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.

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