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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";
   - fleecy, napped

1. Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
   "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
    
2. Touch lightly and briefly
   "He brushed the wall lightly"
    
3. Clean with a brush
   "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
    
4. Move across a surface or touching a surface
   "Her long skirt brushed the floor";
   - sweep
    
5. Remove with or as if with a brush
   "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
    
6. Cover by brushing
   "brush the bread with melted butter"

See also: groomed, soft, touched

Type of: clean, cover, make clean, move, remove, rub, take, take away, touch, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Brush, Paul