Brushed Brush Brʌʃ Beaten Past Easy Clean Brushing

• to brush your hair/teeth/shoes
• a tiled floor is easy to brush clean.
• brush the pastry with beaten egg.
• brush beaten egg over the pastry.

brush

1. to clean, polish, or make smooth with a brush
• to brush your hair/teeth/shoes
• A tiled floor is easy to brush clean.
2. to put something, for example oil, milk or egg, on something using a brush
• Brush the pastry with beaten egg.
• Brush beaten egg over the pastry.
3. to remove something from a surface with a brush or with your hand
• He brushed the dirt off his jacket.
• She brushed the fly away.
4. to touch somebody/something lightly while moving close to them/it
• She brushed past him.
• His hand accidentally brushed against hers.
• The leaves brushed her cheek.
• He brushed her lips with his.

Extra Examples

• He brushed the mud from his coat.
• Her hair was brushed back in a pony tail.
• I hardly noticed the man who brushed past me in the corridor.
• Lucille brushed at the blood on his jacket.
• She brushed away her tears.
• She brushed by him and dashed up the stairs.
• She brushed her hair out of her eyes.
• She carefully avoided brushing against the man sitting beside her at the table.
• She hummed happily as she brushed down her coat.
• brushing the crumbs off the table
• The non-slip surface is easy to brush clean.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they brush
• he / she / it brushes
• past simple brushed
• past participle brushed
• -ing form brushing

Word Origin

• verb Middle English: noun from Old French broisse; verb partly from Old French brosser ‘to sweep’.