Brushing

verb

/ˈbɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 2.1

Definitions

1.verbTo clean with a brush.

"Brush your teeth."

2.verbTo untangle or arrange with a brush.

"Brush your hair."

3.verbTo apply with a brush.

"Brush the paint onto the walls."

4.verbTo remove with a sweeping motion.

"Brush the flour off your clothes."

5.verbTo touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.

"Her scarf brushed his skin."

6.verbTo clean one's teeth by brushing them.

7.nounAn instance of brushing.

"Give your shoes a brushing to get the mud off."

8.adjectiveBrisk; light

"a brushing gallop"

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