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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