1. (

• brush ,

) rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" ;

2. (

• brush

) touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" ;

3. (

• brush ,

) clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet" ;

4. (

• brush ,
• sweep ,

) sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" ;

5. (

• brush

) remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections" ;

6. (

• brush ,

) cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter" ;

1. (

• brushed

) 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. (

• brushed

) (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush; "with shining hair neatly brushed"; "the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet" ;

3. (

• brushed ,
• fleecy ,
• napped

) (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics" ;