What's the difference between brushed and rushed?

Brushed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Brush

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
  • (2) These results indicate that both the renal brush-border and basolateral membranes possess the Na(+)-dependent dicarboxylate transport system with very similar properties but with different substrate affinity and transport capacity.
  • (3) The relationship between technique of obtaining Papanicolaou smears, presence of endocervical cells, and rate of cervical neoplasia was studied by comparing an endocervical and ectocervical nylon brush (Bayne brush), Ayre spatula plus endocervical brush, and spatula plus cotton-tipped swab in a randomized, prospective trial involving 11,061 patients.
  • (4) The teeth of 13 dental nurse students were brushed by a dental hygienist.
  • (5) All inhibitors had no effect on L-Ala uptake into brush-border membrane vesicles in presence of Na+ gradient.
  • (6) At 4 degrees C or after fixation, anti-renal tubular brush border vesicle (BBV) IgG bound diffusely to the surface of GEC and to coated pits.
  • (7) These results show that tunicamycin, an inhibitor of glycosylation, significantly affected the expression of brush border membrane glycoproteins, suggesting that both polypeptide synthesis and degradation of these proteins may be altered in the presence of this drug.
  • (8) From these results it is suggested that the lipid peroxidation of the brush-border membranes by addition of dithiothreitol plus Fe2+ is sensitively changed with change in ionic strength.
  • (9) Attach self-adhesive foam strips, or metal strips with brushes or wipers attached, to window, door and loft-hatch frames (if you have sash windows, it's better to ask a professional to do it).
  • (10) Vladimir Putin brushed off complaints of election fixing during his annual televised live chat with the nation on Thursday , but behind the scenes his lieutenants are anxiously plotting how to quell rising discontent.
  • (11) A model system of exfoliated normal human cervicovaginal squamous cells, exfoliated rodent tumor cells, and acellular, viscous, mucuslike material was used to investigate cell deposition on smear preparations made with three different instruments: plastic spatulas, wooden spatulas, and brush-tipped collectors.
  • (12) The aim of this study was to identify and purify the Na+-H+ exchanger from rabbit renal brush border membranes by use of affinity chromatography.
  • (13) The effect of zinc on sodium coupled glucose uptake was studied in pig intestinal brush border membrane vesicles.
  • (14) In purified jejunal brush-border membranes both alkaline phosphatase and sucrase activities are increased at 4 or 7 weeks but especially at 13 weeks of hypertension.
  • (15) The device was composed of a standard biopsy brush, protected by a single catheter and occluded with an agar plug.
  • (16) The method is based on brushing of copper surface with the studied paste in a device of own design, followed by chemical analysis of copper content in the mass after brushing.
  • (17) Plaque evaluations and brushing procedures were performed as in Visit 1 of the study.
  • (18) However, unlike rodent kidney, we were unable to detect a comparable HMWgp in extracts of human kidney on SDS-PA gels and found no cross-reactive material on Western blots of human brush border membrane proteins.
  • (19) The protein is localized in the brush border of primary and secondary epithelium.
  • (20) For now, Shimizu will not allow the children in her care to be interviewed and brushes off praise for her selflessness.

Rushed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Rush
  • (a.) Abounding or covered with rushes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some retailers said April's downpours led to pent-up demand which was unleashed at the first sign of summer, with shoppers rushing to update their summer wardrobes.
  • (2) Thinking I had the dreaded Norovirus, I rushed home.
  • (3) Maguire's colleagues rushed to her side, some administering first aid while others held her attacker, witnesses said.
  • (4) But in the rush to design it, Girardet wonders if the finer details of waste disposal and green power were lost.
  • (5) Some 10 fire engines remained on the scene after rushing there to extinguish the many blazes caused by the crash.
  • (6) But if May rushes headlong into a panicked triggering of article 50 without a clear idea of what she wants out of negotiations, she will have left us at the mercy of 27 countries who have heard little but table-thumping and empty threats from ministers.
  • (7) Losing Murphy is a blow to the Oscars which has struggled to liven up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.
  • (8) Theresa May’s efforts as home secretary to launch the inquiry in 2014 revealed a rush to judgment and a faith that the great and the good – our own or somebody else’s – could get hold of this and control it.
  • (9) The spectacle earlier this year of London's mayor, Boris Johnson , rushing ahead to buy water cannon for use in the capital before the home secretary had authorised the use of such equipment, is hardly helpful.
  • (10) Nightmarish visions of suicide bombers and dead children, a rushed conversion to Catholicism, and a mental breakdown over the war on Iraq.
  • (11) It is essential that charities integrate new trustees well from day one – and the process must not be rushed.
  • (12) On Tuesday afternoon, there was speculation that the government was rushed into making the announcement of Kerslake's departure following a report on Monday's Newsnight programme which claimed that Kerslake had been sacked.
  • (13) I’m not satisfied until I collect everything' … EFL Cup Europa League International Champions Cup Community Shield Which competition was Ian Rush talking about when he said: 'This is why cup finals are so special, because anyone can beat anyone.
  • (14) Plibersek’s spokesman said on Friday: “Who is Mr Brandis to dictate the language on the Middle East peace negotiations?” The spokesman said the intervention this week amounted to “another foreign policy embarrassment for the Abbott government, which is why [Brandis] was forced by the foreign minister and the Foreign Affairs Department to rush out a statement about his inept pronouncements.” Labor ran into its own controversy earlier this year when Bill Shorten appeared to telegraph a shift in policy around the description of settlements in a major speech to the Zionist Federation of Australia.
  • (15) A British oil firm will tomorrow announce that it has struck oil off Greenland, a find that could trigger a rush to exploit oil reserves in the pristine waters of the Arctic.
  • (16) Lawyers acting for a severely disabled prisoner who was rushed from jail to a life-support machine in hospital, are asking the high court to rule he should not be sent back to a prison that cannot meet his medical needs.
  • (17) He advises first-time buyers not to rush in: "Try and save as much as you can: having a bigger deposit will not only mean you can get a mortgage, but also secure you a better rate."
  • (18) The Guardian recently revealed that the Danish government had been forced, on the eve of the Copenhagen summit , to rush through an emergency law making it impossible for criminal gangs to reclaim huge amounts of VAT on fraudulent trades they were making on Europe's various carbon exchanges.
  • (19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lamar Alexander voted yes but has previously expressed concerns about the rush to repeal without a replacement plan.
  • (20) The transport secretary, Philip Hammond, indicated that the government had no appetite for the kind of structural tinkering that broke up British Rail and rushed the system into private ownership in the 1990s.

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