different between trees vs toothbrush

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

trees

1. plural of tree

Verb

trees

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tree

Anagrams

• Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Trees, a Dutch variant of the female names Thérèse and Theresia.

Alternative forms

• treze

Noun

trees f (plural trezen, diminutive treesje n)

1. (Belgium, derogatory) incompetent woman

Etymology 2

Noun

trees

1. Plural form of tree

English

Etymology

From tooth +? brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu??b???/

Noun

toothbrush (plural toothbrushes)

1. A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.

Derived terms

• toothbrush moustache

Translations

Verb

toothbrush (third-person singular simple present toothbrushes, present participle toothbrushing, simple past and past participle toothbrushed)

1. (transitive) To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
   • 1997, Matthew Remski, Dying for Veronica

     In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.

   • 2004, Iceberg Slim, Trick Baby

     I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.