American English pronunciation
How to pronounce brushed
IPA transcription: [b'ɹʌʃt]
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Verb
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sweep across or over
“Her long skirt brushed the floor”
“A gasp swept cross the audience”
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rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
“Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket”
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touch lightly and briefly
“He brushed the wall lightly”
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clean with a brush
“She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet”
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remove with or as if with a brush
“brush away the crumbs”
“brush the dust from the jacket”
“brush aside the objections”
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cover by brushing
“brush the bread with melted butter”
Adjective
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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”
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(of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush
“with shining hair neatly brushed”
“the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet”
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(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
“a dress of brushed cotton”
“a fleecy lining”
“napped fabrics”
Usage examples
- She puts on a new dress, has her hair brushed.
- He brushed it off.
- He brushed it off once more.
- He brushed it off once more.
- However, he merely brushed a dead spider from his brow.
- Tillman, ever the professional, brushed off the jabs by Ventura and refused to respond.
- Typhoon Lorna brushed the southern coast of the Japanese island of Shikoku.
- Fabrics are often manufactured with a brushed or napped finish to resemble suede leather.
- However, Masterton brushed it off.
- He brushed it off.