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The verb that turns metal moody, teeth heroic, and near-misses legendary.
means The past tense of 'brush' — meaning to have swept or grazed something lightly, cleaned with a brush, or given a surface a soft matte finish.
from From the noun 'brush,' which came into English from Old French 'broce' or 'brosse,' meaning brushwood or a bunch of twigs — the original brushes really were just bundles of stiff plant matter. That woody sense survives in 'underbrush.' The verb 'to brush' grew naturally from the tool, and 'brushed' followed it everywhere: sweeping crumbs, grazing past a stranger, and eventually the modern manufacturing sense of 'brushed metal,' where an abrasive literally drags fine parallel lines across a surface to dull its shine.
- metal finish
- Tiny scratches dull glare and hide your fingerprints
- close call
- Brushed past death sounds braver than barely survived
- velvet origin
- Brushed fabric is literally scraped to raise fuzz
- art tool
- Brushwork betrays a painter like handwriting
- dental duty
- Twice daily, the only chore that smiles back
brushed aluminum finish — apple macbook pro casings since 2008, anodized aluminum with directional sanding
brushed nickel hardware — standard interior door handles and fixtures in us residential construction since 2000s
brushed denim — levi's 501 brushed selvedge jeans, softened cotton twill with napped surface