brushing

To clean with a brush.

“Brush your teeth.”

To untangle or arrange with a brush.

“Brush your hair.”

To apply with a brush.

“Brush the paint onto the walls.”

To remove with a sweeping motion.

“Brush the flour off your clothes.”

To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.

“Her scarf brushed his skin.”

To clean one's teeth by brushing them.

An instance of brushing.

“Give your shoes a brushing to get the mud off.”

Brisk; light

“a brushing gallop”