2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brush \Brush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brushed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Brushing}.] [OE. bruschen; cf F. brosser. See {Brush}, n.]
1. To apply a brush to according to its particular use to
rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. ``A'
brushes his hat o' mornings.'' --Shak.
2. To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over as with a
brush.
Some spread their sailes, some with strong oars
sweep The waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave.
--Fairfax.
Brushed with the kiss of rustling wings. --Milton.
3. To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of
brushing, or by passing lightly over as wind; -- commonly
with off
As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's
feather from unwholesome fen. --Shak.
And from the boughts brush off the evil dew.
--Milton.
{To brush aside}, to remove from one's way as with a brush.
{To brush away}, to remove, as with a brush or brushing
motion.
{To brush up}, to paint, or make clean or bright with a
brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew.
You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I
have done my best to brush you up like your
neighbors. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
brushed
adj 1: 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"
2: (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush; "with shining
hair neatly brushed"; "the freshly brushed clothes hung in
the closet"
3: (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress
of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics"
[syn: {fleecy}, {napped}]
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