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Brushing   /brˈəʃɪŋ/   Listen
Brushing

noun
1.
The act of brushing your teeth.  Synonym: brush.
2.
The act of brushing your hair.  Synonym: brush.


Brush

verb
(past & past part. brushed; pres. part. brushing)
1.
Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush.
2.
Touch lightly and briefly.
3.
Clean with a brush.
4.
Sweep across or over.  Synonym: sweep.  "A gasp swept cross the audience"
5.
Remove with or as if with a brush.  "Brush the dust from the jacket" , "Brush aside the objections"
6.
Cover by brushing.



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"Brushing" Quotes from Famous Books



... the package of securities I observed that some white sand fell on my lap. I remember brushing it off—yes, it's marvelous that you should know this. Are you the heir, or did you meet the man, or do you know him, or did some one tell you, or am ...
— Two Wonderful Detectives - Jack and Gil's Marvelous Skill • Harlan Page Halsey
... York city.—This invention relates to new and useful improvements in carpet cleaning devices, having for its object to provide a simple and efficient apparatus consisting of a yielding bed, brushing rollers, moving rollers, and a beating apparatus, whereby the carpet, being bound upon a roller, or rollers, may be moved along, from time to time, over the said yielding bed and brushing rollers, and ...
— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various
... the first part of the play, and Russ began filming the initial scene, where the actor comes up the gravel walk leading to the Apgar farmhouse. Mr. Bunn had given his silk hat an extra brushing, and it glistened bravely in the sun. To make the scene contain a little more life, Mr. Pertell had stationed Mr. Switzer at one of the front flower beds, with a garden ...
— The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm - or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays • Laura Lee Hope
... her a fine opening. As she stood brushing her wealth of gold with full-length sweeps of her arm, she was at an angle that brought her facing the mirror before which Nancy Ellen sat training waves and pinning up loose braids. Her hair was beautiful and she slowly smiled at her image as she tried different effects ...
— A Daughter of the Land • Gene Stratton-Porter
... BERTHA [Brushing his hair]. Then you must get an introduction to her. I understand that she has great influence, but that she ...
— Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter • August Strindberg


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