- 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"
- (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush; "with shining hair neatly brushed"; "the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet"
- (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics"
- (brushing) brush: the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
- rubbed, especially as a finish
- (Brushing) A finishing process in which circular rotating brushes raise the nap on knit or woven fabrics.
- (Brushing (Silk)) Act of transferring newly hatched silkworms from the egg sheets on to the rearing trays; or act of removal of floss from the cooked and boiled cocoons for collection of ends for reeling.
- (Brushing) This is a crucial part of home dental care. Orthodontists recommend those wearing braces to brush after every meal and snack to eliminate bacteria and plaque.
- (Brushing) a mechanical fabric finishing process that raises the nap of the fabric, sort of like combing, giving it a softer feel. Flannel is a brushed fabric.
- Brushing the teeth is part of an individual’s daily home dental care. Patients with braces should follow the orthodontist’s instruction on how often to brush.
- (Brushing) Where the hoof or shoe hits the inside of the opposite leg, at or near the fetlock. Usually caused by poor conformation or action.
- (BRUSHING) The act of moving the brush back and forth across the ice in front of a moving stone.
- (Brushing) A special brush, loofah or rough cloth is rapidly brushed over the body to remove dead skin cells and boost blood circulation. Also known as dry brushing.
- (Brushing) In Minnesota, parallel vertical lines on exterior rim surfaces caused by dragging grass or some other material down the rim surface. Brushing is considered an attribute of decoration. ...
- (Brushing) Light contact of the inside of one foot contacting the leg or hoof of the other leg.
- (Brushing) Substituting cards or dice in a game
- (Brushing) a silviculture activity done by chemical, manual, grazing, or mechanical means to control competing forest vegetation and reduce competition for space, light, moisture, and nutrients with crop trees or seedlings.
- (Brushing) scuffing up the nap on fabric to provide a softer surface texture.
- (brushing) The practice of lifting excessive leaf and stem growth off grasses before mowing. Usually accomplished with brushes affixed to mowers ahead of the cutting reel.
- Certain types of natural rind cheeses, cooked and uncooked varieties, have their rinds brushed during the period they spend ripening. ...
- After honing the stone is wire brushed, giving a consistent textured finish.
- a method of modifying the surface of ceramic vessels by smoothing the still wet clay with a grass brush. This produces a heavily scored or striated appearance.
- past participle adjective (fabric) gratté.
- a technique used to produce pictographs that employs a brush to apply the paint, producing an image with tell-tale brush marks.
- a manufacturing process applied to the timber to textures the surface, usually carried out by copper brushes.