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Found 3 hits - Term: brushed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
brush \brush\, v. t. imp.  p. p. brushed bru^sht; 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a
      brush.
      1913 webster

            some spread their sailes, some with strong oars
            sweep
            the waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave.
                                                  --fairfax.
      1913 webster

            brushed with the kiss of rustling wings. --milton.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            as wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed
            with raven's feather from unwholesome fen. --shak.
      1913 webster

            and from the boughts brush off the evil dew.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            you have commissioned me to paint your shop, and i
            have done my best to brush you up like your
            neighbors.                            --pope.
      1913 webster
see also:
brushed brushing brush to brush aside to brush away to brush up 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
brushed \brushed\ adj.
   1. p. p. of brush.
      wordnet 1.5

   2. having a soft nap produced by brushing; as, a dress of
      brushed cotton.
      wordnet 1.5
see also:
brush 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
fleecy napped 

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