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What is the adjective for brushes?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb brush which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

brushy
  1. Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy.
  2. Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “During the summer we explored the surrounding brushy lots of our largely undeveloped neighborhood.”
      “Both ranges are soft from age but covered in brushy pine forests, knobby granite crags, and hiking and biking trails.”
      “There is a bit more than an inch of brushy area on toothbrushes, so a tube should provide 113 liberal brushes.”
brushless
  1. Not using brushes, of a motor that does not use physical contacts for the commutator.
  2. Not requiring the use of a brush.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Inside of the hub is a multi-phase, DC brushless motor, arranged so that the rotor surrounds and rotates around the center-mounted stator.”
      “The project director and perioperative participants believe this evaluation demonstrates that brushless scrubbing maintains surgical asepsis in the perioperative environment.”
      “The brushless hills and fields are merely turned to golden brown when the frosts touch them.”
brushable
  1. Able to be brushed
  2. Able to be controlled by brushing
  3. Examples:
    1. “She has a soft body, posable arms and legs, eyes that open and close, and thick, brushable hair.”
brusht
  1. Obsolete form of brushed.
brushed
  1. rubbed, especially as a finish.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The brushed steel finish on the car gave it a sleek and modern look.”
brushlike
brushing
brushier
brushiest
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