"brushed" in the verb sense
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"
"brushed" in the adjective sense
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"
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