"brush one's teeth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: brushes one's teeth [present, singular, third-person], brushing one's teeth [participle, present], brushed one's teeth [participle, past], brushed one's teeth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brush one's teeth (third-person singular simple present brushes one's teeth, present participle brushing one's teeth, simple past and past participle brushed one's teeth)
  1. To clean one's teeth, especially by using a toothbrush and toothpaste. (This entry is a translation hub.) Categories (topical): Dental hygiene Translations (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush): نَظَّفَ الْأَسْنَان (naẓẓafa al-ʔasnān) (Arabic), فَرَّش (farraš) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), ատամները լվանալ (atamnerə lvanal) (Armenian), 刷牙 (caat³ ngaa⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 刷牙 (shuāyá) (Chinese Mandarin), čistit zuby [imperfective] (Czech), tandenpoetsen (Dutch), harjata hampaansa (Finnish), se brosser les dents (French), Zähne putzen (German), fogat mos (Hungarian), bursta tennurnar (Icelandic), do chuid fiacla a ní (Irish), lavarsi i denti (Italian), 歯を磨く (ha o migaku) (alt: はをみがく) (Japanese), 이를 닦다 (i-reul dakda) (Korean), مسواک زدن (mesvâk zadan) (Persian), escovar os dentes (Portuguese), lavar os dentes (Portuguese), se spăla pe dinți (Romanian), чи́стить зу́бы (čístitʹ zúby) [imperfective] (Russian), cepillarse los dientes (Spanish), borsta tänderna (Swedish), đánh răng (Vietnamese), niwwu-i táôâ’ eaâ (Western Apache)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
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      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
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      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "Zähne putzen"
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      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
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      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "bursta tennurnar"
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      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "do chuid fiacla a ní"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "lavarsi i denti"
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      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "i-reul dakda",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "이를 닦다"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mesvâk zadan",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "مسواک زدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "escovar os dentes"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "lavar os dentes"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "se spăla pe dinți"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čístitʹ zúby",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
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      "word": "чи́стить зу́бы"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "cepillarse los dientes"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "borsta tänderna"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush",
      "word": "đánh răng"
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