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Definition: Brushed |
BrushedAdjective1. Touched lightly in passing; grazed against; "of all the people brushed against in a normal day on a city street I remember not a one". 2. (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush; "with shining hair neatly brushed"; "the freshly brushed clothes hung in the closet". 3. (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "brushed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: BrushedSynonyms: fleecy (adj), napped (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Brushed |
| English words defined with "brushed": bright, brush, burnished ♦ fleecy, freely ♦ Graphotype ♦ lustrous ♦ napped ♦ quiff ♦ shining, shiny, sweep ♦ unbrushed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "brushed": brushing bed ♦ CLOTH SANDER, Cow's Tail ♦ DEBURRER ♦ Farmer George ♦ ghost ♦ INSCRIPTION ♦ sanding machine operator ♦ wire-brushing-machine operator. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "brushed": Brush. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, I did pass out today and got hit in the head by a baseball and brushed my teeth with shampoo then butchered Rimsky- Korsakov in front of 1,500 people, and my clothes fell apart (The Man with One Red Shoe; writing credit: Francis Veber; Yves Robert) I haven't brushed my dick (Savage Honeymoon; writing credit: Mark Beesley) When my cousin got pregnant, she said it's because an angel brushed its wings against her face (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) When was the time you brushed your teeth, sir (Billy Jack; writing credit: Tom Laughlin; Delores Taylor) When the wings have brushed youis there no hope once the wings have brushed you (Exorcist II: The Heretic; writing credit: William Goodhart) | |
Lyrics | Brushed my hand (What Would Happen; performing artist: Meredith Brooks) The way she brushed her hair from ("Graceland"; performing artist: Paul Simon) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field. Imperial Valley, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Thomas Carlyle | Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | His hair was wiry and gingerish and brushed backwards from the temples |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He did not retire until he had carefully brushed and folded his coat |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The people brushed it from their shoulders |
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Health | Teeth should be brushed after each meal, using a soft toothbrush. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kinds, but mostly memorial, intended to commemorate the fame of some illustrious person and hand down to distant ages the record of his services and virtues. To this class of inscriptions belongs the name of John Smith, penciled on the Washington monument. Following are examples of memorial inscriptions on tombstones: (See EPITAPH.) "In the sky my soul is found, And my body in the ground. By and by my body'll rise To my spirit in the skies, Soaring up to Heaven's gate. 1878." "Sacred to the memory of Jeremiah Tree. Cut down May 9th, 1862, aged 27 yrs. 4 mos. and 12 ds. Indigenous." "Affliction sore long time she boar, Phisicians was in vain, Till Deth released the dear deceased And left her a remain. Gone to join Ananias in the regions of bliss." "The clay that rests beneath this stone As Silas Wood was widely known. Now, lying here, I ask what good It was to let me be S. Wood. O Man, let not ambition trouble you, Is the advice of Silas W." "Richard Haymon, of Heaven. Fell to Earth Jan. 20, 1807, and had the dust brushed off him Oct. 3, 1874." |
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Robert Novak | You know, I think Dennis Hastert is the least pompous, self-important speaker I have seen in Congress. He kind of brushed off Gephardt with a light touch. But it's a tough job in this very partisan Washington we're in today. |
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| "Brushed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 74.60% of the time. "Brushed" is used about 818 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 74.6% | 610 | 10,562 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 21.73% | 178 | 23,220 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.42% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 818 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "brushed": brushed up. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "brushed": brushed-aside, brushed-back. | |
Ending with "brushed": well-brushed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "brushed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | مصقول (brushed up, buffed, burnished, cultivated, furbished, glazed, glossed, lustered, polished, refined, scoured, smooth, smoothed, suave). (various references) | |
Chinese | 过 (Brushing, brush-off, Flitted, Flitting). (various references) | |
Finnish | hiukset hajalla (with one's hair brushed out). (various references) | |
French | brossai, brossés, brossées, brossâmes, brossa. (various references) | |
German | gebürstet, bürstete, ausgebürstet. (various references) | |
Korean | "질하". (various references) | |
Manx | skeabit (swept). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ushedbray.(various references) | |
Swedish | borstade. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | compta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Kings Chapter 14, Verse 10 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Idcirco ecce ego inducam mala super domum Hieroboam et percutiam de Hieroboam mingentem ad parietem et clausum et novissimum in Israhel et mundabo reliquias domus Hieroboam sicut mundari solet fimus usque ad purum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor loo! I shal brynge yn yuels vpon the hows of Jeroboam, and I shal smyte fro Jeroboam vnto a pissere at the wal, and closide, and last in Yrael; and I shal clense the relikis of the hows of Jeroboam, as is wont to be clensid muk vnto the pure; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it is all gone. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So I will send evil on the line of Jeroboam, cutting off from his family every male child, those who are shut up and those who go free in Israel; the family of Jeroboam will be brushed away like a man brushing away waste till it is all gone. |
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| Language | 1 Kings Chapter 14, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Busa, ania karon, dad-an ko ug kadautan ang ibabaw sa balay ni Jeroboam, ug putlon ko gikan kang Jeroboam ang tagsatagsa ka bata nga lalake, kaniya nga natakpan, ug kaniya nga anaa nahabilin sa gawas sa Israel, ug silhigon ko gayud ang balay ni Jeroboam, ingon sa usa ka tawo nga magasilhig sa kinalibang, hangtud nga kining tanan mangawala. |
| Croatian | Zato, evo, puštam zlo na kuæu Jeroboamovu, istrijebit æu iz obitelji Jeroboamove sve što mokri uza zid, robove i slobodnjake u Izraelu; ja æu netragom pomesti kuæu Jeroboamovu kao što se mete neèist, da ga ništa ne ostane. |
| Danish | se, derfor vil jeg bringe Ulykke over Jeroboams Hus og udrydde hvert mandligt Væsen, hver og en af Jeroboams Slægt i Israel, og jeg vil feje Jeroboams Hus bort, som man fejer Skarn bort, til der ikke er Spor tilbage! |
| Dutch | Daarom, zie, Ik zal kwaad over het huis van Jerobeam brengen, en van Jerobeam uitroeien wat mannelijk is, den beslotene en verlatene in Israel; en Ik zal de nakomelingen van het huis van Jerobeam wegdoen, gelijk de drek weggedaan wordt, totdat het ganselijk vergaan zij. |
| Finnish | Katso, sentähden minä annan onnettomuuden kohdata Jerobeamin sukua ja hävitän Israelista Jerobeamin miespuoliset jälkeläiset, kaikki tyynni, ja minä lakaisen pois Jerobeamin suvun, niinkuin saasta lakaistaan, kunnes siitä on tullut loppu. |
| French | Voil pourquoi je vais faire venir le malheur sur la maison de Jéroboam; j`exterminerai quiconque appartient Jéroboam, celui qui est esclave et celui qui est libre en Israël, et je balaierai la maison de Jéroboam comme on balaie les ordures, jusqu` ce qu`elle ait disparu. |
| German | Darum siehe, ich will Unglück über das Haus Jerobeam führen und ausrotten von Jerobeam alles, was männlich ist, den Verschlossenen und Verlassenen in Israel, und will die Nachkommen des Hauses Jerobeams ausfegen, wie man Kot ausfegt, bis es ganz mit ihm aus sei. |
| Haitian Creole | Se poutèt sa, Jewoboram, mwen pral fè malè tonbe sou fanmi ou. Mwen pral touye dènye gason nan fanmi ou, timoun kou granmoun. M'ap disparèt fanmi ou nèt nan peyi Izrayèl, y'ap bale yo voye jete tankou yo jete poupou. |
| Hungarian | Azért ímé én veszedelmet hozok a Jeroboám házára, és kiirtom Jeroboámnak még az ebét is, és mind a berekesztettet, mind az elhagyottat Izráelben, és kihányom a Jeroboám háza maradékait, miképen a ganéjt kihányják, mígnem vége lesz. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Karena itu Aku akan mendatangkan celaka ke atas keluargamu. Semua keturunanmu yang laki-laki, apa pun kedudukannya, akan dibunuh. Aku akan melenyapkan keluargamu, sama seperti orang menyapu bersih kotoran. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka sebab itu tak dapat tiada Aku mendatangkan jahat kelak atas isi istana Yerobeam, dan dari pada Yerobeam Aku akan menumpas segala orang laki-laki dan segala yang terkurung dan yang tertinggal di antara orang Israel, dan Aku akan membuang segala anak cucu orang isi istana Yerobeam, seperti orang membuang tahi, sehingga seorangpun tiada tinggal lagi. |
| Maori | Na reira ka hoatu e ahau he kino ki runga i te whare o Ieropoama, a ka hautopea atu e ahau nga tamariki tane katoa i a Ieropoama, te hunga o Iharaira i tutakina ki roto, i mahue ranei ki waho, a ka tahia rawatia atu te whare o Ieropoama, ka pera tia me te paru e tahia ana e te tangata, a poto noa. |
| Norwegian | Derfor vil jeg føre ulykke over Jeroboams hus og utrydde av Jeroboams ætt alle menn, både umyndige og myndige i Israel, og jeg vil feie efter Jeroboams hus, som en feier skarnet bort, inntil det er aldeles ute med ham. |
| Portuguese | portanto, eis que trarei o mal sobre a casa de Jeroboão, e exterminarei de Jeroboão todo homem, escravo ou livre, em Israel, e lançarei fora os remanescentes da casa de Jeroboão, como se lança fora o esterco, até que de todo se acabe. |
| Rumanian | De aceea, voi trimete nenorocirea peste casa lui Ieroboam, voi nimici pe oricine este al lui Ieroboam, fie rob, fie slobod kn Israel, wi voi mqtura casa lui Ieroboam, cum se mqturq murdqriile, pknq va peri. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "brushed": airbrushed, unbrushed. (additional references) | |
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"Brushed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brashed, Breshnev, brosha, bruchid, bruchids, brughe, Brunhead, Brushe, Obruchev. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "brushed" (pronounced bru"sht) |
| 4 | -r u" sh t | crushed, rushed. |
| 3 | -u" sh t | blushed, flushed, gushed, hushed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-h-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: bushed, busher, redubs, rushed. | |
-2 letters: brush, buhrs, burds, burse, bused, drubs, druse, dures, herbs, herds, hurds, rebus, redub, rubes, sherd, shred, shrub, suber, usher. | |
-3 letters: beds, bedu, bred, buds, buhr, burd, burs, bush, debs, drub, dubs, dues, dure, edhs, herb, herd, hers, hubs, hued, hues, rebs, reds, resh, rhus, rube, rubs, rude, rued. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-h-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: beshroud. | |
+2 letters: beshrouds, birdhouse, burnished, furbished, husbander, kurbashed, unbrushed. | |
+3 letters: airbrushed, beshrouded, birdhouses, bounderish, debauchers, husbanders, subtrahend, underbrush, undershrub. | |
+4 letters: beshrouding, husbandries, refurbished, republished, rhomboideus, shipbuilder, subtrahends, undershrubs. | |
+5 letters: debaucheries, shipbuilders, shuffleboard, subthreshold, thunderbirds, thunderbolts, underbrushes. | |
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