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
Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Vacuum or brush out the rug During the cleaning process, threads and fibers can get compacted and squished.
—Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 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
Enjoy me never having brushed hair again.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Vacuum or brush out the rug During the cleaning process, threads and fibers can get compacted and squished.
—Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush
encounter
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Video of the encounter shows Lee at the front of the crowd when officers with Illinois State Police patches on their sleeves pushed in an apparent attempt to clear them from a paved area, and some demonstrators tried to hold their ground.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Aledo was 12-0 in 5-5A to claim the district title, the third straight for the Ladycats, who have won 34 consecutive league encounters since a 2023 district-opening loss to Justin Northwest.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Brush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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