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Noun brushing has 2 senses

brush, brushing - the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day"
--₁ is a kind of dental care
brush, brushing - the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush"
--₂ is a kind of hair care, haircare, hairdressing

Verb brush has 6 senses

brush - rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"
--₁ is one way to rub

Derived form: noun brush₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
brush - touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
--₂ is one way to touch

Derived form: noun brush₃
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
brush - clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet"
--₃ is one way to clean, make clean

Derived form: noun brush₂
Sample sentence:
They brush the cape
brush, sweep - sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
--₄ is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
brush - remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections"
--₅ is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw

Derived form: noun brush₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
brush - cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
--₆ is one way to cover
Sample sentence:
They brush the bread with melted butter