touch+lightly
41brush — I [[t]brʌʃ[/t]] n. 1) an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like and a handle, used for painting, cleaning, grooming, etc 2) mad either of a pair of wire bristled, brushlike devices used to mark a soft rhythmic beat on drums or… …
42brush — I. /brʌʃ / (say brush) noun 1. an instrument consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, rubbing, etc. 2. an act of brushing; an application of a brush. 3. the bushy tail of… …
43graz´ing|ly — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …
44graz´er — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …
45graze´a|ble — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …
46graz´a|ble — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …
47brush — vb Brush, graze, glance, shave, skim are comparable when they mean to touch lightly in passing. Brush implies a movement like the flick of a brush upon a surface: sometimes it suggests no more than an almost impalpable touching, but sometimes it… …
48brush — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thicket, scrub, shrubbery; broom. v. sweep; graze. See cleanness, roughness, touch, painting, contention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A brushing instrument] Common types of brushes include: bristle, fiber …
49Stricken — Strike Strike, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck}, {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS. str[=i]can to go,… …
50Strike — Strike, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck}, {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS. str[=i]can to go, proceed,… …
