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Definitions for Brushed

[1] having a nap raised or a surface produced by a brushing process: brushed cotton.
[2] an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.
[3] one of a pair of devices consisting of long, thin handles with wire bristles attached, used in jazz or dance bands for keeping a soft, rhythmic beat on the trap drums or the cymbals.
[4] the bushy tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
[5] Electricity . a conductor, often made of carbon or copper or a combination of the two, serving to maintain electric contact between stationary and moving parts of a machine, generator, or other apparatus. brush discharge.
[6] a feathery or hairy tuft or tassel, as on the tip of a kernel of grain or on a man's hat.
[7] an act or instance of brushing; application of a brush.
[8] a light, stroking touch.
[9] a brief encounter: He has already had one brush with the law.
[10] a close approach, especially to something undesirable or harmful: a brush with disaster.
[11] to sweep, paint, clean, polish, etc., with a brush.
[12] to touch lightly in passing; pass lightly over: His lips brushed her ear.
[13] to remove by brushing or by lightly passing over: His hand brushed a speck of lint from his coat.
[14] to move or skim with a slight contact.
[15] brush aside , to disregard; ignore: Our complaints were simply brushed aside.
[16] brush off , to rebuff; send away: She had never been brushed off so rudely before.
[17] brush up on , to revive, review, or resume (studies, a skill, etc.): She's thinking of brushing up on her tennis. Also brush up.
[18] textiles treated with a brushing process to raise the nap and give a softer, warmer finish brushed nylon
[19] a device made of bristles, hairs, wires, etc, set into a firm back or handle: used to apply paint, clean or polish surfaces, groom the hair, etc
[20] the act or an instance of brushing
[21] a light stroke made in passing; graze
[22] a brief encounter or contact, esp an unfriendly one; skirmish
[23] the bushy tail of a fox, often kept as a trophy after a hunt, or of certain breeds of dog
[24] an electric conductor, esp one made of carbon, that conveys current between stationary and rotating parts of a generator, motor, etc
[25] a dark brush-shaped region observed when a biaxial crystal is viewed through a microscope, caused by interference between beams of polarized light
[26] (tr) to clean, polish, scrub, paint, etc, with a brush
[27] (tr) to apply or remove with a brush or brushing movement brush the crumbs off the table
[28] (tr) to touch lightly and briefly
[29] (intr) to move so as to graze or touch something lightly
[30] a thick growth of shrubs and small trees; scrub
[31] land covered with scrub
[32] broken or cut branches or twigs; brushwood
[33] wooded sparsely populated country; backwoods

Words related to Brushed

shave, flick, smooth, sweep, scrape, caress, skim, kiss, wash, wipe, clean, paint, tickle, graze, contact, stroke, glance, polish, whisk, buff

Words nearby Brushed

brush-off, brush-on, brush-tailed phalanger, brush-tailed possum, brushback, brushed, brushland, brushless, brushmark, brushpopper, brushup

Origin of Brushed

11350–1400; (noun) Middle English brusshe, probably to be identified with brush2, if orig. sense was implement made from twigs, etc., culled from brushwood; (v.) Middle English brushen to hasten, rush, probably < Old French brosser to travel (through brush), verbal derivative of broce (see brush2)

Other words from Brushed

un·brushed , adjective
well-brushed , adjective
brush·a·ble , adjective
brush·er , noun
brush·like , adjective
un·brush·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Brushed

C16 (dense undergrowth), C14 (cuttings of trees): from Old French broce , from Vulgar Latin bruscia (unattested) brushwood

Synonyms for Brushed

caress, flick, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, sweep, contact, glance, graze, stroke, tickle