"brushing" meaning in English

See brushing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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

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

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

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "links": [
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          "brush#English"
        ]
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        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʌʃɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brushing"
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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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          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
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            "Networking",
            "Technology",
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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        "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."
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        ],
        [
          "online",
          "online"
        ],
        [
          "seller",
          "seller"
        ],
        [
          "fake",
          "fake"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive"
        ],
        [
          "review",
          "review"
        ],
        [
          "recipient",
          "recipient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "text": "a brushing gallop",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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          "brisk",
          "brisk"
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          "light"
        ]
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        "(dated) brisk; light"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  ],
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      "rhymes": "-ʌʃɪŋ"
    }
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        "An instance of brushing."
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        "Material removed by brushing."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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          "order",
          "order"
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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