Overview of verb brush

The verb brush has 6 senses

• brush -- (rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket")


• brush -- (touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly")


• brush -- (clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet")


• brush, sweep -- (sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience")


• brush -- (remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections")


• brush -- (cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter")

Overview of adj brushed

The adj brushed has 3 senses

• brushed -- (touched lightly in passing; grazed against; "of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one")


• brushed -- ((of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush; "with shining hair neatly brushed"; "the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet")


• brushed, fleecy, napped -- ((of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics")