"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-TNZAdJoy 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 Translations (an instance of brushing): cepilladura [feminine] (Spanish), cepillada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brushing-en-noun-~vvpp~72 Disambiguation of 'an instance of brushing': 95 1 4
  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 contributes positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient. Tags: Internet, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brushing-en-noun-Ukgi9ypH Categories (other): Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 10 4 59 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 8 7 63 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 8 7 59 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 5 4 64 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 12 77
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

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