brushing

Definition of brushing in English English dictionary: An instance of brushing
Give your shoes a brushing to get the mud off.; Present participle of brush; A silviculture treatment to remove brush (shrubs, herbs) and weed species which complete with seedlings for sunlight, water, and soil nutrients See conifer release; A data exploration technique for selecting and highlighting a data subset in multiple views; Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop; Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine; Done by various types of brushes, dependent on the material to be treated, it is the actual removal of loose fibers or yarns from the face of the goods Providing a nap for woven or knitted fabrics for pleasing surce effect May be done by teasels or by card clothing rollers clothed with fine, pressed steel wire similar to that found on the fancy roller on the cord; A practice of dragging a brush over the green surface to pull up any bentgrass runners They then can be mowed off to force the bentgrass into an upright growth habit This will help smooth the surface and increase green speed; the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush"; A finishing process used on knit or woven fabrics where abrading devices are used to raise a nap to produce a novelty textured effect; {i} scouring, scrubbing, cleaning, grooming; A finishing process for knit or woven fabrics in which brushes or other abraiding or brushing elements are used to raise a nap Or a process of removing loose thread, fiber, and other debris from the surface of a fabric; This is mainly used to remove dew from the grass or to help work top-dressing into the sward; A finishing process for knit or woven fabrics in which brushes or other abrading elements are used to raise a nap; Finishing process for knit or woven fabrics where brushes or other devices are used to raise a nap in fabrics to create a novelty surface texture Used mainly in fall or winter seasons because of its warm feel; Digging up the bottom or taking down the top to give more headroom in roadways; This is when the hoof or shoe hits the inside of the opposite leg, at or near the fetlock Usually, it is the result of poor Conformation or Action; A short, externally threaded connector with a smaller size internal thread; Dry brushing of the skin to remove dead layers and impurities while stimulating circulation Best done with a natural bristle brush in long, sweeping strokes all over the body towards the heart; The act of moving the brush back and forth across the ice in front of a moving stone; A finishing process whereby the surface of the fabric is scratched to pull fibers up from the yarn and produce a soft, fuzzy surface Often confused with sueding Flannelette is brushed; A silviculture activity done by chemical, manual, grazing, or mechanical means to control competing forest vegetation and reduce competition for space, light, moisture, and nutrients with crop trees or seedlings; A silviculture treatment to remove brush and weed species which compete with seedlings for sunlight, water and soil nutrients See also conifer release; the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
brushing aside: Present participle of brush aside
brushing by: Present participle of brush by
brushing down: Present participle of brush down
brushing up: Present participle of brush up
brushing one's teeth: cleaning one's teeth with a toothbrush
brush: To untangle or arrange with a brush
Brush your hair.
brush: To apply with a brush
Brush the paint onto the walls.
brush: Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees
brush: A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine
brush: To touch with a sweeping motion
Maybe you will find a love that you discover accidentally, who falls against you gently as a pickpocket brushes your thigh.
brush: In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area
brush: An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair
brush: The act of brushing something
She gave her hair a quick brush.
brush: The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino
brush: Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in wreathmaking
brush: To clean with a brush
Brush your teeth.
brush: To remove with a sweeping motion
Brush the flour off your clothes.
brush: An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals
brush: The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox
brush: clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
brush: {v} to rub wish a brush, strike slightly, skim
brush: {n} a hairy instrument, brisk attack, tail, shrubs, lopped branches of trees
brush: A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience
brush: A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair. We gave him paint and brushes Stains are removed with buckets of soapy water and scrubbing brushes. a hair brush
brush: To apply a liquid, like a glaze, to the surface of food using a pastry brush
brush: an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
brush: A metal or carbon block used to make contact with a rotating part, such as the armature, of a generator or motor
brush: with a brush
brush: Brush is an area of rough open land covered with small bushes and trees. You also use brush to refer to the bushes and trees on this land. the brush fire that destroyed nearly 500 acres. a meadow of low brush and grass. = bush see also broad-brush, nail brush
brush: If you brush something with a liquid, you apply a layer of that liquid using a brush. Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter
brush: remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
brush: A small rectangular piece of conductive metal that makes contact with the commutator inside an electric motor
brush: If one thing brushes against another or if you brush one thing against another, the first thing touches the second thing lightly while passing it. Something brushed against her leg I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder She knelt and brushed her lips softly across Michael's cheek
brush: To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc
brush: To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush
brush: A bushy or plume-like tail of a longhaired cat
brush: An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc
brush: conductor between the commutator and the external circuit of a brushed DC motor
brush: The brush is used, in basic graphics functions, for filling areas drawn with the shape primitives, and also for text background fills
brush: The free leg moves forward or back with the sole of the foot brushing the floor as it moves
brush: To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by
brush: manual paint application tool composed of bristles set into a handle
brush: A collective term that refers to stands of vegetation dominated by shrubby, woody plants, or low growing trees, usually of a type undesirable for livestock or timber management
brush: Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood
brush: a dense growth of bushes
brush: A collective term that refers to stands of vegetation dominated by shrubbery, woody plants, or low growing trees, usually of a type undesirable for livestock or timber management
brush: A bitmap that is used to fill the interior of closed shapes, polygons, ellipses, and paths
brush: touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
brush: vagueness If you have a brush with someone, you have an argument or disagreement with them. You use brush when you want to make an argument or disagreement sound less serious than it really is. My first brush with a headmaster came six years ago It is his third brush with the law in less than a year
brush: Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc
brush: rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
brush: A cardroom employee responsible for managing the seating list is sometimes called the brush
brush: a minor short-term fight
brush: The tail of a fox
brush: Small trees and shrubs
brush: a minor short-term fight an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor momentary contact a dense growth of bushes remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
brush: sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
brush: The bushy tail of a fox
brush: The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed
brush: A short contest, or trial, of speed
brush: An implement with a handle, and a head with multiple more or less flexible bristles, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair
brush: the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
brush: The tail of a fox or squirrel, which is brushy Brush away Get along Brush off Move on He brushed by me He just touched me as he went quickly past Hence also brush, a slight skirmish All these are metaphors from brushing with a brush Give it another brush A little more attention; bestow a little more labour on it; return it to the file for a little more polish
brush: {i} tool with bristles and a handle; act of brushing; scuffle, small fight; foxtail; thicket
brush: A type of device used to sweep the ice in the path of the stone and may be manufactured with hog's hair, horse hair or synthetic fibers/materials
brush: sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience
brush: A type of bitmap which is used to fill an area Brushes are usually 8x8 pixel images, forming either a solid color or a pattern Back
brush: A brush is made of a handle, a metal ferrule, and hair The quality of the hair determines the brush’s quality and cost Each type of brush has a specific purpose, and different fibers are used for different mediums
brush: the tool used to apply paint to a surface, often consisting of a gathering of bristles held together by a ferrule attached to a handle The bristles may come from hairs of a variety of animals including boar, squirrel and badger as well as synthetic Red sable hairs are often considered the finest Different shapes are desirable for different paint types and techniques
brush: {f} comb or polish with a brush; touch; rub against; pass by
brush: A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush
brush: If you brush something somewhere, you remove it with quick light movements of your hands. He brushed his hair back with both hands He brushed the snow off the windshield
brush: momentary contact
brush: If you brush past someone or brush by them, you almost touch them as you go past them. My father would burst into the kitchen, brushing past my mother
brush: If you have a brush with a particular situation, usually an unpleasant one, you almost experience it. the trauma of a brush with death The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy. = encounter
brush: A tuft of hair on the mandibles
brush: If you brush something or brush something such as dirt off it, you clean it or tidy it using a brush. Have you brushed your teeth? She brushed the powder out of her hair Using a small brush, he brushed away the fine sawdust. Brush is also a noun. I gave it a quick brush with my hairbrush
brush: a sliding contact, normally made of carbon, and riding on a commutator or slip ring to provide a mechanical contact between the rotating and stationary portions of an electrical device
brush: the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush"
brush: A collective term that refers to stands of vegetation dominated by shrubby, woody plants, or low-growing trees, usually of a type undesirable for livestock or timber management
brush: To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; commonly with off
brush: contact with something dangerous or undesirable; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police"
brush: Current conducting material in a DC motor, usually graphite, or a combination of graphite and other materials The brush rides on the commutator of a motor and forms an electrical connection between the armature and the power source
brush: Growth (stands or clumps) of shrubs or small trees usually of a type undesirable as forage for livestock or in timber management but of some potential value to wildlife and as cover for livestock
brush: A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus
brush: conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
brush: contact with something dangerous or undesirable; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police" the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush" the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day" a minor short-term fight an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor momentary contact a dense growth of bushes remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections" touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet" cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter" sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience
brush: In many image-editing programs, a special effects filter that performs a specific function, such as smoothing selective edges
brush: A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy
brush: A spring-loaded electrical contact, usually of carbon, between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine
brush: (aka SCUFF) To brush, sweep or scuff the foot against the floor
brush: tarred with the same brush: see tar
brush: Current-conducting material in a DC motor, usually graphite, or a combination of graphite and other materials The brush rides on the commutator of a motor and forms an electrical connection between the armature and the power source
brush: In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small
brush: cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
brush: In 3D computer games, a convex polyhedron, esp. one that defines structure of the play area