1. To clean with a brush.
2. To cover by brushing.
3. To remove with or as if with a brush.
4. To rub with a brush, or as if with a brush.
5. To sweep across or over; SYN. sweep.
6. To touch lightly and briefly.

1. To become or make sore by or as if by rubbing; SYN. gall, fret.
2. To make sore by abrading.
3. To warm by rubbing, as with the hands.

1. To cause friction; SYN. fray, fret, chafe, scratch.
2. To move over something with pressure
3. To scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; SYN. scratch, itch.

1. To examine minutely
2. To scour a surface; SYN. abrade.

1. To clean with hard rubbing; SYN. scour.
2. To wash thoroughly; of surgeons before an operation; SYN. scrub up.