What is the meaning of brushed?

verb

  • Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush.
    • usage: "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
  • Touch lightly and briefly.
    • usage: "He brushed the wall lightly"
  • Clean with a brush.
    • usage: "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
  • Sweep across or over.
    • usage: "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
  • Remove with or as if with a brush.
    • usage: "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
  • Cover by brushing.
    • usage: "brush the bread with melted butter"

adjective

  • Touched lightly in passing; grazed against.
    • usage: "of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one"
  • Of hair or clothing. ( groomed with a brush)
    • usage: "with shining hair neatly brushed"; "the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet"
  • Of fabrics. ( having soft nap produced by brushing)
    • usage: "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics"
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APAWordNet. (2010). brushed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/brushed/definitions/1169909
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