"brushing" meaning in All languages combined

See brushing on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹʌʃ.ɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-brushing.wav Forms: more brushing [comparative], most brushing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} brushing (comparative more brushing, superlative most brushing)
  1. (dated) brisk; light Tags: dated Derived forms: brushingly
    Sense id: en-brushing-en-adj-2xsn1tq2 Categories (other): English terms with collocations

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹʌʃ.ɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-brushing.wav Forms: brushings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brushing (countable and uncountable, plural brushings)
  1. An instance of brushing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brushing-en-noun-~vvpp~72
  2. Material removed by brushing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brushing-en-noun-dvzjy4-o
  3. (uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient. Tags: Internet, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-brushing-en-noun-LPgHk9CI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 8 3 59 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 7 6 62 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 5 4 68 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dry brushing, hair brushing

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹʌʃ.ɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-brushing.wav
Rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} brushing
  1. present participle and gerund of brush Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: brush
    Sense id: en-brushing-en-verb-wfxg2Rvk

Noun [French]

IPA: /bʁœ.ʃiŋ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-brushing.wav Forms: brushings [plural]
Etymology: Pseudo-anglicism, derived from brushing. Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|fr|en|brushing}} Pseudo-anglicism, derived from brushing Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} brushing m (plural brushings)
  1. blow-dry Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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    },
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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          "text": "Give your shoes a brushing to get the mud off.",
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            "Networking",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "23 5 4 68 1",
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          "seller"
        ],
        [
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          "fake"
        ],
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        ],
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          "review"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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    },
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          "text": "a brushing gallop",
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        "(dated) brisk; light"
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      ],
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    }
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