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кисть — meaning in English

kist

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English meaning

  • brush noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
  • bunch noun A group of similar things gathered or fastened together.
  • cluster noun A small group of things growing, gathered, or occurring closely together.
  • paintbrush noun A brush used for applying paint.

Senses

кисть is used for these senses in English:

  • brush An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
  • bunch A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
  • bunch A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
  • cluster A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
  • paintbrush A thin brush for applying paint.
  • raceme (botany) An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.

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.

bunch — full definition

  1. noun A group of similar things gathered or fastened together.
  2. noun An informal group of people, or an unspecified but sizeable amount.
  3. verb To gather or crowd together closely.

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