lush
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysċ, lesċ (“slack; limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *laskwī̆, from Proto-Germanic *laskuz, *laskwaz (“weak, false, feeble”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to let; leave behind”).
Akin to Old English lysu, lesu (“false, evil, base”), Middle Low German lasch (“slack”), Middle High German er-leswen (“to become weak”), Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, feeble”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍅𐍃 (lasiws, “weak, feeble”), Middle Low German las, lasich (“slack, languid, idle”), Low German lusch (“loose”). Doublet of lusk. More at lishey, lazy.
Inflected forms:
form: lusher
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: lushest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: lushes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lushes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lushing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lushed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lushed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Juicy, succulent.
pos: adj
examples: How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?
gloss: Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
pos: adj
tags: dialectal
gloss: Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
pos: adj
examples: Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems. Chock-full of waterfalls and hot springs, bright-colored birds and howling monkeys, flora-lined trails cut through thick, fragrant forests and up cloud-covered mountains.
Virmire is a lush world located on the frontier of the Attican Traverse. Its vast seas and orbital position on the inner life zone have created a wide equatorial band of humid, tropical terrain.
European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
The birds survived thanks to the mild weather in Caracas and the lush mountains that surround the city, which are covered with trees that provide macaws with fruits and seeds.
gloss: Savoury, delicious.
pos: adj
examples: That meal was lush! We have to go to that restaurant again sometime!
gloss: Thriving; rife; sumptuous.
pos: adj
examples: They rolled into Jane's room a wheeled cart lush with cake and cookies and shrimp and crudités and pop and soda water. The staff was giving us a going-away party for our trip to Seattle; it was good to understand their confidence.
gloss: Beautiful, sexy.
pos: adj
tags: UK
slang
examples: Boys with long hair are lush!
gloss: Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
pos: adj
tags: Canada
UK
slang
examples: Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
gloss: Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
slang
uncountable
examples: Overaged and lecherous lushes at office parties profaning the text, music, and meaning of Christmas carols.
gloss: Intoxicating liquor.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: I took my flogging like a stone. If I had sung, some of the convicts would have given me some lush with a locust in it (laudanum hocussing), and when I was asleep would have given me a crack on the head that would have laid me straight.
If your care comes, in the liquor sink it, / Pass along the lush — I'm the boy can drink it.
gloss: A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
pos: noun
tags: Hawaii
countable
slang
uncountable
examples: Am I humble or am I a lush?
gloss: To drink (liquor) to excess.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
Related words: gert lush
luscious
lushen
lushly
lushness
lush up
Derived words: overlush
lush-crib
lush-roll
lush-roller
lush-worker
lushy
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: luxurieus
lang: Dutch
word: delicieus
lang: Dutch
word: weelderig
lang: Finnish
word: mehevä
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: bisós
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: visoze
lang: Portuguese
word: luxuriante
lang: Romanian
word: delicios
lang: Romanian
word: savuros
lang: Russian
word: роско́шный
roman: roskóšnyj
lang: Swedish
word: luxuös
lang: Swedish
word: smaskig