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plush
/plʌʃ/
adj 3noun 2verb 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, complex, covered, favourite, green, green, large, lost
VERB + PLUSH
am, brought, cuddling, give, head, hugging, lived, moved
PLUSH + NOUN
apartment, beady, bedspread, dinosaur, fur, glass, mattress, python
PREP.
in, into, on, out, with, with
Definitions
adj
1
Very extravagant.
2
Very expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.
They lived in a plush apartment complex.
3
Having a soft, fluffy exterior (of a man-made object, especially stuffed animals or upholstery).
This plush toy is so cute and soft — I want it!
noun
1
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it.
2
A plush toy.
When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it.
verb
1
To give a soft, fluffy surface to.
Green moss plushed the boulders that were stewn ^([sic]) about, reaching up to splash the cliffs with a velvet mantle.
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They lived in a plush apartment complex.
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This plush toy is so cute and soft — I want it!
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Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow p
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That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much
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When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
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Green moss plushed the boulders that were stewn ^([sic]) about, reaching up to splash the cliffs with a velvet mantle.
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