frôler — meaning in English

English meaning

• brush noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
• graze verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
• skim verb To read something quickly, picking up only the main points.

Senses

frôler is used for these senses in English:

• brush (ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
• graze (transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
• skim (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

brush — full definition

1. noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
2. noun A brief, unpleasant encounter with something.
3. noun Wild, low-growing vegetation such as shrubs and bushes.
4. verb To clean, arrange, or apply something using a brush.
5. verb To touch something lightly while passing by.

graze — full definition

1. verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
2. verb To touch or rub something lightly while passing it, sometimes scraping the skin.
3. noun A minor scrape or scratch on the skin.

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