To pass lightly over, ‘skim’ (a surface). Obsolete.

To touch lightly in passing, to graze; hence, barely to escape touching.

To pass over the surface of (something) in the manner of a broom or brush; to move over and in contact with; to brush, rub like (or as with) a brush.

transitive. To scrape or graze in passing; to brush against. Also intransitive with on, upon in same sense. Obsolete.

transitive. To touch (a surface) lightly in passing; esp. to roughen or abrade (the skin or a part of the body) in rubbing or brushing past. Also…

transitive. To brush or touch lightly. Cf. frieze, v.1 3.

To rub softly as with a brush in passing; to graze lightly or quickly, as in passing.

intransitive. To move briskly by, through, or against anything, grazing it or sweeping it aside in passing.

to brush (a thing) over: to paint or wet its surface with a brush; to paint lightly; also figurative.

To pass over (a surface) with close approach or very slight contact.

transitive. To touch lightly in passing over; to skim.

To touch lightly in passing; to strike with a slight glancing blow; to brush against (an object); to wipe off (something) with such a blow or stroke.

To skip or skim along a surface, with occasional rapid contact. Also with other adverbs and adverbial phrases. Originally dialect.

To draw like a swab over a surface.