NB The following expressions apply only to hair on the head. | |
| убирать/убрать волосыa со лбаg | to brush the hair from one's forehead |
| Убери волосы со лба! Ведь они тебе мешают! | Brush the hair back from your forehead! It's getting in your way! |
| откидывать/откинуть волосыa со лбаg | to toss the hair back from one's forehead |
| Он откинул волосы со лба знакомым, только ему присущим движением. | He tossed his hair back from his forehead with that familiar gesture that was his alone. |
| запускать/запустить рукиa в волосыa | to run one's hands through one's hair, to bury one's hands in one's hair |
| встряхивать/встряхнуть волосамиi | to toss one's hair |
| гладить/погладить Na по волосамd | to stroke N's hair |
| проводить/провести рукойi по волосамd | to pass one's hand over one's hair, to stroke one's hair |
| накручивать/накрутить волосыa на пальцыa | to wind one's hair around one's finger |
| ерошить (or взъерошивать)/взъерошить Nd волосыa | to tousle N's hair |