"brush out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: brushes out [present, singular, third-person], brushing out [participle, present], brushed out [participle, past], brushed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brush out (third-person singular simple present brushes out, present participle brushing out, simple past and past participle brushed out)
  1. (transitive, obsolete, printing) To clean a form using lye or turpentine. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-brush_out-en-verb-NgYk0MOP Topics: media, printing, publishing
  2. (transitive) To brush (someone's hair or an animal's fur) to remove tangles and give the hair a satisfactory texture. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-brush_out-en-verb-YCC7fPQn
  3. (transitive) To remove brush (wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees) from a trail, campsite, etc. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-brush_out-en-verb-NapiYhkn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 22 63 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 20 15 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 17 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 11 78

Inflected forms

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