DICTOMETER

BRUSHED

(brush, brushed, brocha, cepillar, cepillo, pincel, børste)

1. Synonyms:
   • Brush
   Definitions:
   • rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
   Examples:
   • Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Brush
   Definitions:
   • touch lightly and briefly
   Examples:
   • He brushed the wall lightly
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Brush
   Definitions:
   • clean with a brush
   Examples:
   • She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Brush
   • Sweep
   Definitions:
   • sweep across or over
   Examples:
   • Her long skirt brushed the floor
   • A gasp swept cross the audience
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Brush
   Definitions:
   • remove with or as if with a brush
   Examples:
   • Brush away the crumbs
   • Brush the dust from the jacket
   • Brush aside the objections
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Brush
   Definitions:
   • cover by brushing
   Examples:
   • Brush the bread with melted butter
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Brushed
   Definitions:
   • touched lightly in passing
   • grazed against
   Examples:
   • Of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one
   Antonyms:
   • Untouched
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Brushed
   Definitions:
   • (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush
   Examples:
   • With shining hair neatly brushed
   • The freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet
   Antonyms:
   • Ungroomed
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Brushed
   • Fleecy
   • Napped
   Definitions:
   • (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
   Examples:
   • A dress of brushed cotton
   • A fleecy lining
   • Napped fabrics
   Antonyms:
   • Hard