BRUSHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brushed mean? 

• BRUSHED (adjective)
  The adjective BRUSHED has 3 senses:

1. touched lightly in passing; grazed against

2. (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush

3. (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing

  Familiarity information: BRUSHED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUSHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Touched lightly in passing; grazed against

Context example:

of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one

Similar:

touched (having come into contact)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush

Context example:

the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet

Similar:

groomed (neat and smart in appearance; well cared for)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing

Synonyms:

brushed; fleecy; napped

Context example:

napped fabrics

Similar:

soft (yielding readily to pressure or weight)

 Context examples 

When she was your pride, you would have thought I had done her harm if I had brushed against her in the street.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Brain scans of one patient showed no response when the palm of her hand was brushed.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)

He had even brushed Lucy's hair, so that it lay on the pillow in its usual sunny ripples.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They began to drop off, to be brushed off against the sharp edge of the scuttle, to be knocked off by the legs which were now kicking powerfully.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

This hat has not been brushed for weeks.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mycroft took snuff from a tortoise-shell box, and brushed away the wandering grains from his coat front with a large, red silk handkerchief.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A strong smell of tobacco and tar rose from the interior, but nothing was to be seen on the top except a suit of very good clothes, carefully brushed and folded.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

You've behaved sweetly, and I respect you with all my heart, said Jo warmly, as they brushed their hair together late that night.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was a tree-shadow flung by the moon, from whose face the clouds had been brushed away.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The few who threw themselves in their way were overpowered or brushed aside, while the pursuers were beaten back by the ready weapons of the three cavaliers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)