brushed

adjective7

1. •
   Having been cleaned, tidied, or straightened with a brush.

   • This boy is standing there with very brushed hair . — 2012
2. •
   Roughened by rubbing with an abrasive brushes, especially as a finish.

   • The brushed aluminum vase had a soft appearance.
3. •
   Having been processed by rotating brushes that loosen and remove dirt.

   • The decay in sound unbrushed, brushed, and washed fruit, and in fruit all of which has been injured by the clippers in picking, by stems puncturing other oranges or by abrasions of other kinds. — 1906
4. •
   Having been written or painted using a brush.

   • The sparse drip patterns of his "preliminary" drip paintings were deposited over a foundation of brushed paint (see, for example, Water Birds, shown in color plate 13). — 2003
5. •
   Having had brush or scrub removed.

   • Unless the brushed areas are quickly seeded they grow up to weeds and are useless for forage. — 1919
6. •
   Covered in brush or scrub.

   • Other data obtained indicate that an average holding having 20 to 25 acres cleared and also 6 or 8 acres of brushed pasture can support 4 milk cows and 3 head of young cattle. — 1931
7. •
   Having been artificially formed into a swarm by being brushed off a honeycomb.

   • When I make shaken or brushed swarms I usually wait till queen cells are found with eggs or larvae in them, although I do not think this is essential. — 1907