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Brushing

noun

The act of brushing your teeth. Synonym: brush.

The act of brushing your hair. Synonym: brush.

Brush

verb

(past & past part. brushed; pres. part. brushing)

Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush.

Touch lightly and briefly.

Clean with a brush.

Sweep across or over. Synonym: sweep. "A gasp swept cross the audience"

Remove with or as if with a brush. "Brush the dust from the jacket" , "Brush aside the objections"

Cover by brushing.

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"Brushing" Quotes from Famous Books

... Jimmie, brushing the cigar ashes off his wife's skirt, "I thought I'd take you all out to Henley this morning to look ...

— Abroad with the Jimmies • Lilian Bell

... morning of the tenth day from our leaving Honolulu, we sighted the lighthouse at the Golden Gate, which forms the entrance to the spacious bay or harbour of San Francisco. Suddenly, there is a great scampering about of the passengers, a general packing up of baggage; a brushing of boots, hats, and clothes; and a dressing up in shore-going "togs." The steward comes round to look after his perquisites, and every one is in a bustle ...

— A Boy's Voyage Round the World • The Son of Samuel Smiles

... Georges stayed where he was with the skirts of his coat brushing the floor. He blushed, seeing Daguenet looking at him. Notwithstanding which, they had conceived a tender regard the one for the other. They rearranged the bows of their cravats in front of the big dressing glass and gave each other a mutual dose of the clothesbrush, for they were all white from ...

— Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille • Emile Zola

... archly brushing his nose with the violets in her hand. "He treats me pretty well, ...

— Alice Adams • Booth Tarkington

... came to them from beyond the walls. He longed to ask her to stay out with him all night beneath the tree, that they might whisper to one another, that the scent of her hair might inebriate him, that he might feel her dress still brushing against his ankles. But he could not find the words, and it was absurd, and she was so gentle that she would do whatever he asked, however foolish it might be, just because he asked her. He was not worthy to kiss her lips; he bent down and kissed her silk bodice, and again ...

— The House of Souls • Arthur Machen

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