brush (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def touch lightly and briefly
examples He brushed the wall lightly
Frame - 4 Something is ----ing PP
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Verb Group brush, sweep
Hypernym touch
Derivationally related form brush → brush
Hyponym graze, crease, rake; flick
Incoming links
Derivationally related form brush → brush
Hyponym touch
Hypernym graze, crease, rake; flick
Verb Group brush, sweep

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