Brushing is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BRUSHING in dictionary:

VERB:
• remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing
• apply a liquid to (a surface) with a brush
• touch lightly and gently
• push (something) away with a quick movement of the hand
• use a brush or one's hand to remove dust or dirt from (something)
• clean (one's teeth) with a brush.
• arrange (one's hair) by running a brush through it
NOUN:
• the act of brushing
• an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair
• a light and fleeting touch
• a brief encounter with someone or something unpleasant or notable
• the bushy tail of a fox.
• a drumstick with long wire bristles, used to make a soft hissing sound on drums or cymbals.
• a piece of carbon or metal serving as an electrical contact with a moving part in a motor or alternator.
• girls or women regarded sexually
• undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.
• land covered with undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.
• cut brushwood.
• dense forest.
• the act of brushing your teeth
• the act of brushing your hair
• an act of sweeping, applying, or arranging with a brush or with one's hand
ADJECTIVE:
• Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.
• Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to touch lightly

Words related to BRUSHING

brush10 brushed13 brushes12

Words that contain BRUSHING

brushings15 airbrushing17 toothbrushing22 underbrushing20 toothbrushings23

How to use BRUSHING in a sentence

• It came again, a weird little noise like the brushing of wings against some hard object, and the girls scarcely dared to breathe.
• His sudden hard breathing, the brushing of his garments against the door, then swift, soft steps dying away attested to the fact of his going.
• Meanwhile the watch was slowly swaying and turning, sometimes brushing against his cheek.
• Then it occurred to me that brushing was nothing but applying friction to them.
• We met one coming down the road, the lace curtains in the windows and a cat looking out and brushing its whiskers.
• His mind still dwelt on the subject as he stood in the hall later on in the morning, brushing his hat, preparatory to taking his usual walk.
• He had a habit then of parting and brushing about an inch of his hair, leaving the rest all topsy-turvy.
• Heading straight for the river, he walked as fast as he could through the gardens and the trees, brushing the dirt from his hose as he went.
• It wandered on, through fords and out of them, under the low-growing branches of scrub pine, brushing his bruised legs against rocks.
• Follow with a hard brushing on the wrong side and wipe down quickly with a damp cloth, following the nap, if there is one.
• But then a puff of wind carried it away, and the man went on, brushing at his cheek, thinking, perhaps, a moth had touched it.
• He greeted the children gravely, sat down, and watched the brushing with a respectful attention.
• He had found his hat on the floor, and, after brushing up a little, he started on a brisk walk for the hotel where the others were to have dinner.
• I mounted the ladder and was brushing the dead leaves from the bench when, somewhere below me and farther on, I heard voices.
• He stood brushing his hand over his smooth gray hair, as if he were trying to clear away a fog about his head.
• A hand closed softly on my shoulder, and at the same moment I felt something hairy and cologne-scented brushing my face.
• Marneffe had helped his wife to polish the furniture, down to the smallest objects, washing, brushing, and dusting everything.
• A hideous black child sat by her, brushing off the flies.
• The brushing of skirts and elbows, sometimes the bumping of shoulders, could be heard against the very panels.
• The main reason for brushing out this trail at this time was to widen it again to its original size so as to make it an effective barrier against fire.
• Charley was with his crew brushing out the fire trail.
• After brushing them peel the peaches very thin with a sharp silver knife.
• He seemed in all his replies to Hope to be brushing away a fly mechanically and languidly.
• He overtook us before we reached the Temple-gate, and brushing in between me and Madame de Boufflers, seized her hand, and conducted her to her coach.
• It is curious to see them brushing the roads with palm leaves.
• That done, she was put to the bother of airing and brushing an old fur cape and an old velvet bonnet that had been lying in camphor twenty consecutive years.
• After brushing him and taking off his wraps the stranger stood before us, a good-looking man past middle life.

Similar words containing BRUSH without suffix ing

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