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
Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 25 Sep. 2025
Sprinkle powder along the crack and use a brush to fill it.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Hurricane Imelda Headed for Bermuda Hurricane Imelda was forecast to brush past or strike Bermuda on Wednesday afternoon as a Category 2 storm, the Bermuda Weather Service said.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Using a brush-on formula gives more control and reduces mess.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 25 Sep. 2025
Sprinkle powder along the crack and use a brush to fill it.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
Stock indexes closed higher Monday, brushing off worries that mass layoffs could hit consumer spending or that a shutdown would preempt the release of Friday’s September jobs report.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Hurricane Imelda Headed for Bermuda Hurricane Imelda was forecast to brush past or strike Bermuda on Wednesday afternoon as a Category 2 storm, the Bermuda Weather Service said.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush
encounter
Noun
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Eddie Howe has made recent matchups between these teams significantly more competitive, with Newcastle winning three of their last four encounters.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Turner also remembers her last encounter with Plummer, during a cast reunion on The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago.—
Scott Huver,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Brush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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