Definitions for brushed

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Spelling: [bruhsht]

IPA: /brʌʃt/

Brushed is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in brushed (bdehrsu).

Definitions for brushed

noun

1. an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.
2. 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.
3. the bushy tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
4. 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.
5. a feathery or hairy tuft or tassel, as on the tip of a kernel of grain or on a man's hat.
6. an act or instance of brushing; application of a brush.
7. a light, stroking touch.
8. a brief encounter:
9. a close approach, especially to something undesirable or harmful:

Idioms

1. get the brush, to be rejected or rebuffed:
2. give the brush, to ignore, rebuff, etc.:

adjective

1. having a nap raised or a surface produced by a brushing process:

Verb phrases

1. brush aside, to disregard; ignore:
2. brush off, to rebuff; send away:
3. brush up on, to revive, review, or resume (studies, a skill, etc.): Also, brush up.

verb (used with object)

1. to sweep, paint, clean, polish, etc., with a brush.
2. to touch lightly in passing; pass lightly over:
3. to remove by brushing or by lightly passing over:

verb (used without object)

1. to move or skim with a slight contact.

Origin of brushed

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at brush¹, -ed²

Examples for brushed

In an emailed statement to the conservative website, The Daily Caller, Scott brushed off the insult.

Andy, colorless, his blood cold, brushed aside the arm of the intercessor.

The flies were all over his ears and eyes, and I brushed them away and picked him up.

Edith said nothing; she brushed her hair with careful slowness.

His love was purely selfish, for he brushed aside her protest as if she had not spoken.

The bottle-green suit had been brushed, ready for the morrow.

At times, he slapped the guitar box with two fingers or the heel of his hand as, in the same motion, he brushed the strings.

I did—brushed the face in one day from memory; it was the very man!

Nonna, who at full height came up to my armpit, brushed by me carrying an enormous pot of water.

He was injured—kinda, sorta, barely—and he brushed it aside.