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brushest

brushest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of brush.

Meaning of brush

Verb

brush (third-person singular simple present brushes, present participle brushing, simple past and past participle brushed)

  1. (transitive) To clean with a brush.
    • Brush your teeth.
  2. (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
    • Brush your hair.
  3. (transitive) To apply with a brush.
    • I am brushing the paint onto the walls.
  4. (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
    • She brushed the flour off my clothes.
  5. (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
    • Her scarf brushed his skin.
  6. (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
    • Of course, Halloween does not have to be completely treatless. Plain chocolate candy is okay, provided you remember to brush afterwards.2000, USA Today, volume 129, numbers 2662-2673, page 92

See all 22 meanings of brush

Origin of brushest

brush + -est

Questions about brushest

What is brushest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Brushest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of brush.

Words near brushest in the dictionary

  1. brushes something under the carpet
  2. brushes something under the rug
  3. brushes up
  4. brushes up to
  5. brushesful
  6. brushest
  7. brusheth
  8. Brushfield spot
  9. Brushfield spots
  10. brushfinch
  11. brushfinches

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