Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation.
- adj. Abundant; plentiful. See Synonyms at profuse.
- adj. Extremely productive; thriving.
- adj. Luxurious; opulent: the lush décor of a grand hotel.
- adj. Extremely pleasing to the senses: a lush scent; lush fruit; the lush sounds of an orchestra.
- adj. Voluptuous or sensual.
- adj. Overelaborate or extravagant: lush rhetoric.
- n. A drunkard.
- v. To drink liquor to excess.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
- Mellow; easily turned, as ground.
- Fresh, luxuriant, and juicy; succulent, as grass or other vegetation.
- n. A twig for thatching.
- To rush violently.
- To splash in water.
- n. Beer; intoxicating drink.
- To drink; tipple on.
- To drink intoxicating liquor.
- n. The burbot: same as losh .
Wiktionary
- adj. dense, teeming with life
- adj. luxuriant, delicious
- adj. beautiful, sexy
- adj. amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked
- n. drunkard, sot, alcoholic
- n. intoxicating liquor
- v. to drink liquor to excess
- v. to drink (liquor) to excess
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Full of juice or succulence.
- adj. Having thick and luxurient vegetation.
- adj. Characterized by abundance or luxurience; rich.
- n. Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink.
- n. an habitual drunkard.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. full of juice
- n. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- adj. characterized by extravagance and profusion
- adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance
Etymologies
- Middle English, relaxed, soft, probably alteration of lache, loose, weak, from Old French lasche, soft, succulent, from laschier, to loosen, from Late Latin laxicāre, to become shaky, frequentative of Latin laxāre, to open, relax, from laxus, loose; see lax.Origin unknown.
Examples
“The cinematography of the film has been described as lush and dreamy.”
“There's not a simile or figure of speech that Bolton does not render in lush colors.”
“I love reading about tropical get-a-ways, castles in lush surroundings and other exotic places.”
“Congressman are STILL accepting airline tickets and hotel accommodations in lush vacation spots from corporations!”
“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.
“It was beautiful eucalyptus forest and we were finally able to hike in lush vegetation for the first time in weeks.”
“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”
“The cliff was covered with high wild grass, still lush from the recent rainy season.”
“The game enfolded me in lush, cinematic landscapes ….”
“His rhapsodic movies, haunted by voice-over ruminations and swathed in lush regret, seem to transpire in the realm of memory.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lush’.
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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#faveword
Words chosen as favorites for the Twitter hashtag #faveword.
autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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Wishy-Washy-Wordie
learn something new or stump a friend -
booger, digger, facetious, ostentatious, pretentious, lush, lumpy, grumpy, avatar, twit, twitter
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cgrimm's list
Words I like or find interesting
boondoggle, kerfuffel, schadenfreude, possierlich, vendor, skidaddle, apfelsine, fodder, scapegrace, die tarnung, tarnkappe, shampoo and 16 more...
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Origin Unknown
Words listed as "origin unknown."
spang, nincompoop, lollapalooza, jive, mosey, mull, lush, dog, swizzle, swizzle stick, wonk, hootchy-kootchy and 2 more...
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Lesson 15
complement, component, conjure, emphasize, homage, impromptu, lush, medley, oblige, pretentious, prowess, rustic and 3 more...
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Bibulosity
Adjectives meaning, or approximating to 'drunk'
Pissed, Ratted, Merry, Tipsy, Legless, Blootered, Mortal, Inebriated, addled, tiddly, stewed, roistered and 39 more...
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15
complement, component, conjure, emphasize, homage, impromptu, lush, medley, oblige, pretentious, prowess, rustic and 3 more...
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bepetersen's list
Words that I think should be banned from the English language
spittle, supper, crusty, moist, engorged, crotch, sinew, salve, suckle, mauve, damp, squat and 34 more...
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yummy
delectable words
literallydelectable, scrumptious, ambrosial, mouthwatering, piquant, juicy, luscious, heavenly, sapid, toothsome, succulent, savory and 10 more...
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vivids's list
picturesque, lovelight, twinkle, agleam, droplet, sunlight, shimmer, epitome, shard, mist, starlight, rain and 23 more...
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Sot
a partaker of a dram too many. consult also whichbe's Drunkie list
sot, toper, drunkard, boozehound, tosspot, wino, lick-wimble, souse, lush, alky, juicer, inebriate and 47 more...

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