Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation.
- adjective Abundant; plentiful. synonym: profuse.
- adjective Extravagant or luxurious, as in ornamentation.
- adjective Extremely pleasing to the senses.
- adjective Voluptuous or sensual.
- noun A drunkard.
- transitive verb To cause to get drunk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The burbot: same as
losh . - To rush violently.
- To splash in water.
- noun Beer; intoxicating drink.
- Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
- Mellow; easily turned, as ground.
- Fresh, luxuriant, and juicy; succulent, as grass or other vegetation.
- noun A twig for thatching.
- To drink; tipple on.
- To drink intoxicating liquor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Slang Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink.
- noun an habitual drunkard.
- adjective Full of juice or succulence.
- adjective Having thick and luxurient vegetation.
- adjective Characterized by abundance or luxurience; rich.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pejorative
drunkard ,sot ,alcoholic - noun
intoxicating liquor - verb intransitive To drink liquor to excess.
- verb transitive To drink (liquor) to excess.
- adjective obsolete
Lax ;slack ;limp ;flexible . - adjective dialectal
Mellow ;soft ; (of ground or soil) easily turned. - adjective
dense ,teeming with life - adjective slang, of food
luxuriant ,delicious - adjective UK, slang
beautiful ,sexy - adjective UK, Canada, slang
amazing ,cool ,fantastic ,wicked
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of juice
- noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- adjective characterized by extravagance and profusion
- adjective produced or growing in extreme abundance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The cinematography of the film has been described as lush and dreamy.
Mary Kincaid: Vintage Crusader Spotlight: An Interview with Alexandra Roxo, Director of Mary Marie Mary Kincaid 2011
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I love reading about tropical get-a-ways, castles in lush surroundings and other exotic places.
NZ/Aus Guest Author: Nicola Marsh Nalini Singh 2009
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There's not a simile or figure of speech that Bolton does not render in lush colors.
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The cinematography of the film has been described as lush and dreamy.
Mary Kincaid: Vintage Crusader Spotlight: An Interview with Alexandra Roxo, Director of Mary Marie Mary Kincaid 2011
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The cinematography of the film has been described as lush and dreamy.
Mary Kincaid: Vintage Crusader Spotlight: An Interview with Alexandra Roxo, Director of Mary Marie Mary Kincaid 2011
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It was beautiful eucalyptus forest and we were finally able to hike in lush vegetation for the first time in weeks.
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It was beautiful eucalyptus forest and we were finally able to hike in lush vegetation for the first time in weeks.
Archive 2008-10-01 jen 2008
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Congressman are STILL accepting airline tickets and hotel accommodations in lush vacation spots from corporations!
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Written in lush, evocative prose, The Gift of Rain spans decades as it takes readers from the final days of the Chinese emperors to the dying era of the British Empire, and through the mystical temples, bustling cities, and forbidding rain forests of Malaya.
The Gift of Rain: Summary and book reviews of The Gift of Rain by Twan Eng Tan. 2008
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Last night I was in lush pre-Castro Cuba, in some mambo nightclub with clouds of cigar smoke and a one armed hat check girl ... a crime sparked by the murder of a rhinoceros at the Havanna zoo ... and it's called Dancing to 'Almendra'
Reality Check Ahead 2007
munjal.upadhyay commented on the word lush
After walking for many hours along an intricate series of paths and grassy trails , the two travellers came upon a lush , green vally
August 22, 2015