brushed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- (Of fabrics) Having a soft, raised surface: Describes textiles that have been treated with a brushing process to create a soft, fuzzy, or napped texture.
- (Of hair or clothing) Groomed with a brush: Describes something that has been made neat, smooth, or tidy by using a brush.
- Touched lightly in passing; grazed: Describes a brief, light, and often unintentional contact.
Examples of Usage
Adjective (Fabric):
- She wore a comfortable brushed cotton shirt.
- The brushed fleece was incredibly soft to the touch.
Adjective (Groomed):
- He arrived with his hair neatly brushed.
- The brushed wool coat looked elegant and well-maintained.
Adjective (Light contact):
- Her hand brushed against mine as we passed in the hallway.
- I felt a brushed sensation on my arm, like a feather had touched it.
Advanced Usage
- "Brushed aside": Dismissed or ignored something as unimportant.
- He brushed aside my concerns and continued with the plan.
- "Brushed up against": Came into slight, often figurative, contact with an idea, group, or experience.
- During his travels, he brushed up against many different cultures.
Variants and Related Words
- Brush (verb): To clean, smooth, or apply with a brush; to touch lightly.
- Brushing (noun): The act or process of using a brush; a light touch.
- Unbrushed (adjective): Not groomed with a brush; messy.
Synonyms
- For fabric: Napped, fleecy, soft, fuzzy.
- For groomed: Combed, smoothed, neatened.
- For light contact: Grazed, skimmed, touched, glanced.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Brush off: To dismiss someone or something rudely or casually.
- She tried to apologize, but he just brushed her off.
- Brush up (on): To review or improve one's knowledge or skill in something.
- I need to brush up on my French before the trip.
Related Idioms
- Have a brush with (something): To have a brief, often close, encounter with something, typically something dangerous or significant.
- He had a brush with the law when he was younger.
- Tarred with the same brush: Considered to have the same faults as someone else, often unfairly.
- Just because his brother was dishonest, people tarred him with the same brush.
Adjective
- (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
- a dress of brushed cotton
- a fleecy lining
- napped fabrics
- (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush
- with shining hair neatly brushed
- the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet
- 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