brush

²brush

verb

Definition of BRUSH

to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing <spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement>

Synonyms graze, kiss, nudge, shave, skim

Related Words bump, contact, scrape, sideswipe, strike, sweep, swipe, touch; bounce, carom, glance, rebound, ricochet, skip; caress, cuddle, fondle, love, pat, pet, stroke; miss, skirt

Near Antonyms bang, bash, bump, clash, collide, crash, hit, impact, impinge, knock, punch, ram, slam, slap, smack, smash, swipe, thud, thwack, whack