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чисти́ть — meaning in English

chistit

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English meaning

  • brush noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
  • clarify verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
  • clean adj Free of dirt, stains, or other unwanted matter.
  • hull noun The main body of a ship, boat, or aircraft.
  • purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  • scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
  • shine verb To give off or reflect light brightly.
  • swab noun A small pad of absorbent material, often on a stick, used to clean a wound, apply medicine, or collect a sample.

Senses

чисти́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • brush (transitive) To clean with a brush.
  • buff out To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.
  • clarify (ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
  • clean (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
  • clean (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
  • hull To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
  • purge (transitive) To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
  • scale (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

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.

clarify — full definition

  1. verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
  2. verb To make a liquid clear by removing impurities.

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