brushing out

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, transitive) To clean a form using lye or turpentine.
2. (transitive) To brush (someone's hair or an animal's fur) to remove tangles and give the hair a satisfactory texture.
   • The first step in brushing out a dog’s coat is…
3. (transitive) To remove brush (wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees) from a trail, campsite, etc.
   • It’s important to brush out the north trails before the spring.