lush

UK /lʌʃ/ US /lʌʃ/
adj 6noun 3verb 1name 1

Definitions

adj

1

Juicy, succulent.

How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?

2

Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.

3

Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.

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.

4

Savoury, delicious.

That meal was lush! We have to go to that restaurant again sometime!

5

Thriving; rife; sumptuous.

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.

noun

1

A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.

Overaged and lecherous lushes at office parties profaning the text, music, and meaning of Christmas carols.

2

Intoxicating liquor.

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.

3

A person who enjoys talking about themselves.

Am I humble or am I a lush?

adj

1

Drunk; inebriated.

“’E generally goes down there when ’e’s got ’is skinful, beggin’ your pardon, sir, an’ they do say that the more lush — in-he-briated ’e is, the more fish ’e catches.”

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