Lexic.us

Definition of Brushing

1. Noun. The act of brushing your teeth. "The dentist recommended two brushes a day"

2. Noun. The act of brushing your hair. "He gave his hair a quick brush"

Definition of Brushing

1. a. Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.

Definition of Brushing

1. Verb. (present participle of brush) ¹

2. Noun. An instance of brushing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brushing

1. brush [v] - See also: brush

Medical Definition of Brushing

1. And (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brushing

brusher brushers brushes brushes aside brushes by brushes down brushes up brushest brusheth brushfire

brushfires brushier brushiest brushily brushiness brushing (current term) brushing aside brushing by brushing down brushing up

brushings brushland brushland tinamou brushland tinamous brushlands brushless brushlike brushmaker brushmakers

Literary usage of Brushing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"Generally it is the standard price of entry yardage and brushing, plus the cost of the extra hight and width of brushing required, plus the water yardage of ..."

2. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals: Comprising Electro by Georg Langbein (1909)
"In this connection, scratch-brushing the deposits will be first considered, the object of this operation being, on the one hand to promote the regular ..."

3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... 620 His master at full stretch across a plain, brushing the tire behind, so near he runs, With narrow space betwixt him and the wheel, Whilst free and ..."

4. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"IN a house of moderate size the brushing of clothes will be done in the Servants'-Hall; but it is desirable in a larger establishment to have a separate and ..."

5. The Care of Children by Elisabeth Robinson Scovil (1894)
"A natural oil is secreted at the roots which, if it is present in sufficient quantity, keeps the hair soft and glossy, Regular brushing morning and evening ..."

6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... call for any genera] use of artillery, yet in support of skirmish lines, brushing away cavalry, and covering the crossings of several difficult and ..."

7. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"brushing with hasty steps the dews away iV. Hence, away, 't is holy ground! Inst. 12. A tiger's pride the victor bore away, ..."

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