brushing
/ˈbɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To clean with a brush.
“Brush your teeth.”
- 2
To untangle or arrange with a brush.
“Brush your hair.”
- 3
To apply with a brush.
“Brush the paint onto the walls.”
- 4
To remove with a sweeping motion.
“Brush the flour off your clothes.”
- 5
To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
“Her scarf brushed his skin.”
- 6
To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
noun
- 1
An instance of brushing.
“Give your shoes a brushing to get the mud off.”
adjective
- 1
Brisk; light
“a brushing gallop”
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