brushed• No brushedaluminium and rosewood here; its stereo systems are designed with graph-paper severity to put across an austereseriousness.• Some one should dig it out from the carpet under which it was brushed and blow the dust off it.• Her hair was newly brushed and hangingloose around her shoulders.• Subtleties in the texture of the grit, patchesbrushed clean of lichen, told him where to place his feet.• Stratex paving has a brushednon-slip finish and comes in six different colours.• It has no elasticity, is brittle and breaks easily when brushed or combed.• Finally it was Alexei who made a noise, which might have indicated either disgust or anger, then brushed past.• Ahead of us we could see our ridge, standing clear of the cloud, brushedpurple in the strange early light.