as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
a pop star brushing past a crowd of autograph seekers
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as in to kiss
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement
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Recent Examples of brush
Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Broadly fighting wind power statewide with a 12-mile-wide brush may be, in this mindset, the definition of quixotic.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Hasan’s team tested the regenerated tissue under real-world conditions such as brushing, chewing, and exposure to acidic foods.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
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Noun
At one point, the cat emerged from the brush, however, and hit the trail.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Broadly fighting wind power statewide with a 12-mile-wide brush may be, in this mindset, the definition of quixotic.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
The skewers of meat brushed with soy and roasted over coals on Belém’s streets arrived with Japanese migration to the region from the 1930s onward.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Hasan’s team tested the regenerated tissue under real-world conditions such as brushing, chewing, and exposure to acidic foods.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush
encounter
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So commences a night of harrowing encounters and trauma both physical and mental, starting with Ron and Mike’s trip to meet Oliver at a bar after one of his shows.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Huynh’s encounter demonstrates the difficulty people have just figuring out what agency an officer represents, especially since most DHS agencies do not have standard uniforms.—
Andy Rose 19 hr ago,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Brush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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