brush, v.
(brushed, brushes, brushing)
freq. cnt. 29
(brushed, brushes, brushing)
freq. cnt. 29
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11
brush
sample sentences
"Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
touch lightly and briefly
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
brush
sample sentences
"He brushed the wall lightly"verb frames
Something is ----ing PPSomebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
clean with a brush
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
brush
sample sentences
"She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s the cape
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
sweep across or over
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 2
brush sweep
sample sentences
"Her long skirt brushed the floor""A gasp swept cross the audience"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
remove with or as if with a brush
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
brush
sample sentences
"brush away the crumbs""brush the dust from the jacket"
"brush aside the objections"
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
cover by brushing
<verb.contact>
brush
sample sentences
"brush the bread with melted butter"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym