Lush

Definition: Lush

Lush

Adjective

1. Produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming".

2. Characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast".

3. Full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves".

Noun

1. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.

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Date "lush" was first used: 1440. (references)

Literature

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Lush

Drunkenness

Verb: get drunk, be drunk; Adjective: see double; take a drop too much, take a glass too much; drink; tipple, tope, booze, bouse, guzzle, swill, soak, sot, bum, besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush, bib, swig, carouse; sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus; take to drinking; drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish; have one's swill, drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you.

Drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber, wine-bibber, lush; hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker; soaker, sponge, tun; love pot, toss pot; thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian; Bacchal, Bacchante; devotee to Bacchus; bum, guzzler, tavern haunter.

Vegetability|

Adjective: rank, lush; vegetable, vegetal, vegetive.

Crosswords: Lush

This is the Earth, at a time when the dinosaurs ruled a lush and fertile planet (Armageddon; writing credit: Robert Roy Pool; Jonathan Hensleigh)

Such a lush, poetic sight full o'lots o'lovely desert (ANOTHER NIGHT IN TUNISIA; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer)

Lush Life (1996)

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Books

• How Not to Kill Your Houseplants: The Foolproof Guide to Lush, Healthy Plants (reference)

• Lush (Stahlecker Series) (reference)

• Lush Dreams, Blue Exile: Fugitive Poems: 1978-1993 (reference)

• Lush Life (reference)

• Lush life / a biography of Billy Strayhorn (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Lush (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Jacqueline du Pré - The Early BBC Recordings 1961-1965 ~ Bach, Britten, Brahms, Couperin, Falla, Handel / Kovacevich, Lush, Pleeth (reference)

• Lush Life (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Mary Jane Pirri, a former NOAA scientist, monitors a lift net at the Sachuest Point Marsh. The marsh, in full summer, is lush and green. There is no evidence of the restoration work that took place just months earlier. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Dairy cows graze in lush pasture in central Vermont. Credit: Tim McCabe.

After a fire, a lush spring growth of grasses and forbs in the South Steens area. Credit: Rick Hall.

Lush Meadow and hanging garden along Willow Creek (Botanical ACEC) in the High Steens. Credit: Unknown.

Lush riparian tree growth lines up along the banks of the creek in the western canyon. Credit: Christine Maxa.

Fall colors of lush meadow vegetation in "Hanging Garden" in the Steens area. Credit: Unknown.

Lush, native Bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata). Credit: John Craig.

John Lush. Credit: Library of Congress.

Scene in Garden Valley, Boise County, Idaho. The valley is lush and green, spotted with small farms and the many hay fields indicate the importance of dairying. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Sao Tome and Principe

Both islands are crossed by swift streams radiating down the mountains through lush forest and cropland to the sea. (references)

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Ending with "lush": anti-lush.

Albanian

pije alkoolike (alcohol, boose, booze, drink, fuddle, grog, guzzle, hard drink, hooch, hootch, libation, liquor, ratafee, ratafia, sauce), pijanik (sot), pi (boose, booze, bouse, consume, drink, imbibe, liquor, take a drink, take to drink, tipple, tope), me zbukurime (figurate, figured, ornate), i stolisur (decorated, Flossy, painted), i shëndetshëm (bonny, fit, flourishing, Hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, lusty, salubrious, sleek, sound, upstanding, viable, well fed, wholesome), i harlisur (exuberant, luxuriant, rampant, rank). (various references)

Arabic 

‏خصب (fat, fecund, fertile, fertility, fruitful, pregnant, prodigal, prodigality, productive, profuse, prolific, rich), ‏ثمل (besotted, blind drunk, boozer, boozing, boozy, drunk, drunken, high, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, intoxication, maudlin, pickled, plastered, rummy, screwed, screwed up, smashed, sottish, stewed, stoned, take to drink, tanked, tight, tipsy, well oiled), ‏شهواني (amorous, carnal, erotic, instinctive, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, lustful, luxurious, passionate, randy, salacious, satyr, sensual, sensualist, sportive, sultry, voluptuary, voluptuous, wanton, warm). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сочен (juicy, mellow, sappy, succulent), спиртно питие (liquor, potation, stimulant, tipple), спиртна напитка (liquor, lotion), чувствен (amorous, fleshly, material, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous), тучен (luxuriant, rich), напивам се (becoming drunk), буен (bacchanalian, blustery, catchy, ebullient, exuberant, furious, gross, high-spirited, hot, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hotheaded, impetuous, incandescent, jazz, jazzy, knockabout, lively, luxuriant, obstreperous, opulent, phrenetic, prancing, profuse, proud, puffy, puppyish, rambunctious, rampant, rank, riotous, roaring, rough, rough and tumble, rousing, rude, rumbustious, spicy, spirited, sweeping, thick, torrential, tumultuous, turbulent, unchecked, ungovernable, unruly, untamed, vigorous, violent, wanton, zizzi), претрупан (elaborate, exuberant, finical, finicking, finicky, flamboyant, florid, fussy, gaudy, luscious, luxuriant, ornate, overladen, overwrought, piled, purple, redundant, rush, tawdry), пищен (baronial, exuberant, flamboyant, florid, gaudy, gingerbread, gorgeous, lavish, lordly, luscious, luxuriant, opulent, palatial, pompous, profuse, rich, riotous, spectacular, splendid, theatrical, voluptuous, wanton), пия (consume, discuss, drink, guzzle, have, hobnob, imbibe, neck, take). (various references)

Chinese 

茂盛 , 醉汉, 葽 (Polygala japonica). (various references)

Czech

luxusní (executive, fancy, grand, high-class, palatial, smart, sumptuous), lihový nápoj, opít se (become drunk, get drunk), bujný (abundant, ample, coltish, Corky, exuberant, high-spirited, luxuriant, rampant, rank, thick, voluminous, wanton). (various references)

Farsi 

پرپشت (Exuberant, Rich, Steady, Thick), پراب (Juicy, Ripe, Watery), مست کردن (Befuddle, Booze, Fuzz, Inebriate, Intoxicate, Sot, Tipple), مشروبخوار, الکلی (Alcoholic), ابدار (Aqueous, Humid, Juicy, Succulent, Watery), شاداب (Juicy, Succulent), باشکوه (Gala, Glorious, Imperial, Majestic, Noble, Plush, Rial, Rich, Stately, Superb). (various references)

Finnish

vehmas (luxuriant, rank), rehevä (flourishing, luxuriant, rank). (various references)

French

luxuriant (luxuriant), luxueux (luxurious), succulent (luscious), sac à vin, poivrot, fraîche, fertile. (various references)

German

satt (bloated, full, luscious, replete, rich, satisfied, smashed, smug, well fed), saftig (fruity, hefty, juicily, juicy, luscious, lushly, mellow, potent, sappily, sappy, succulent, succulently, walloping), säufer (boozer, drinker, drunkard, guzzler, soak, soaker, soakers, sot, tippler, tipplers), Besoffene, üppig (abundant, ample, elaborate, exuberant, fat, immensely rich, lavish, lavishly, luscious, lusciously, luxuriant, luxuriantly, luxurious, opulent, profuse, profusely, rampant, rank, rich, rolling in money, sumptuous, sumptuously, thick, voluptuous, wanton, wantonly). (various references)

Greek 

μεθύστακας (drunkard), πλούσια βλάστηση, πλούσιος (rich, wealthy), εύχυμοσ (sapid, sappy, succulent), άφθονος (abundant, ample, galore, plentiful, plenty), θαλερόσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

מיצי, משקה חריף (drink, hooch, liquor, spirits), שכור מועד, עשיר (abundant, affluent, heeled, opulent, plentiful, rich, wealthy, well heeled), עסיסי (fruity, juicy, meaty, succulent, vivacious). (various references)

Hungarian

nedves (clammy, dank, humid, moist, oozing, oozy, sammy, sloppy, soggy, steamy, wet), friss (beany, cool, crispy, fresh, green, hot, just cooked, new, recent, red-hot, spruce), buja (concupiscent, concupisible, erotic, exuberant, gross, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lickerish, luscious, lustful, luxuriant, pornerastic, prurient, rampant, rich, salacious, wanton), berúgott (lushy, pickled). (various references)

Indonesian

berair (aqueous, damply, have water, juicy, water). (various references)

Italian

lussureggiante (luxuriant, rank). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

青青 (bright green, fresh and green, verdant), 青々 (bright green, fresh and green, verdant). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あおあお (bright green, fresh and green, verdant). (various references)

Manx

rank (exuberant, luxuriant, quick-growing, rampant, rank). (various references)

Norwegian

yppig (buxom), frodig (exuberant). (various references)

Pig Latin

ushlay.(various references)

Portuguese

luxuriante (luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, rank, wanton), licor (hard drink, liqueur, liquor, nappy), viçoso (fresh, rank, sappy, verdant, youthful), suculento (fleshy, juicy, luscious, pappy, pulpy, sappy, succulent, tender, tops), exuberante (ebullient, exuberant, luxuriant, luxurious, overflowing, prodigal, rampant, rank), bebida (bender, beverage, drink, drinking, libation, potation, quencher, refreshment, tap), beber (absorb, be filled, be fuddled, be inspired, bear, carouse, consume, down, drink, drink away, drink to excess, endure, fuddle, imbibe, soak up, take, tipple, tolerate). (various references)

Romanian

luxuriant (luxuriant, opulent, plentiful, rampant, rank), bogat (abundant, abundantly, affluent, ample, amply, bonanza, bountiful, copious, copiously, expensive, exuberant, fat, feathered, fertile, fortuned, free, full, fully, gaudy, heeled, high, highly, luxurious, moneyed, opulent, pecunious, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, purple, rank, redundant, rich, richly, saturated, Square, substantial, sumptuous, valuable, warm, wealthy, well off, well to do, well-off), beţiv (alcoholic, bacchanal, bacchanalian, bibber, boozer, boozy, debauchee, drunkard, guzzler, inebriate, intemperate, reveller, sot, sponge, tippler, winebag), bãuturã (beverage, bottle, drink, drinkable, drinking, liquor, pot, potable, pottle), amplu (abundant, ample, amply, extensive, fully, good, handsomely, rich, spacious). (various references)

Russian 

сочный (goluptious, juicy, mellow, pulpy, sappy, succulent), пьяный (blind drunk, blotto, boozy, drunken, foxed, high, in drink, in wine, inebriate, pickled, pissed, pixilated, plastered, queer, screwed, sewed up, soused, sozzled, squiffed, tanked, wet, woozy), пьяница сочный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sočan (juicy, luscious, mellow, pulpy, sappy, succulent), bujan (ample, curvaceous, dense, exuberant, luxuriant, rampant, rank, riotous, thick, torrential, wild). (various references)

Spanish

lujoso (fat, lavish, luxurious, plush, plushy, ritzy), lozano (buxom, lusty, profuse, rampant, rank, thriving), suculento (juicily, juicy, luscious, lushly, sappy, succulent), ser rico, riquísimo (luscious), rico en (boon, loaded), opulento (affluent, opulent), jugoso (juicy, meaty), exuberante (boisterous, buxom, ebullient, exuberant, full, luxuriant, rampant, well-covered), exquisito (affected, choosey, choosy, delicate, delicious, delightful, elaborate, excellent, exquisite, luscious), empalagoso (cloying, fulsome, luscious, mawkish, oily, saccharine, sickish, sickly, sickly sweet), delicioso (delectable, delicious, delightful, lovely, luscious), de vida rica, apetitoso (appetizing, inviting, luscious, tempting), alcohólico (addicted to alcohol, alcoholic, hard). (various references)

Swedish

yppig (luxuriant, opulent, rank, voluptuous). (various references)

Thai

เหล้า (berps, cordial, eyewash, gee, giggle goo, grog, joy juice, liqueur, lubrication, muddler), เขียวชอุ่ม, หรูหรา (flamboyant, florid, luxurious, ornate, silk-stocking, superb), ดื่มสุรา. (various references)

Turkish

sulu (aqueous, enhydrous, hydrated, hydrous, juicy, moist, Pappy, ripe, runny, sassy, saucily, saucy, sloppy, slushy, smarmy, soft, soupy, succulent, washy, watery, weak, wet), içkici tip, içkici (bibber, bibulous, boozer, boozy, drinker, drunkard, drunken, habitual drinker, habitual drunkard, heavy drinker, soak, sponge, tippler, toper, wino), bol (abounding, abundant, affluent, ample, baggy, bounteous, bountiful, broad, claret cup, copious, effusive, exuberant, fecund, flush, full, generous, handsome, hearty, hefty, lavish, liberal, loose, lots of, luxuriant, opulent, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prodigal, profuse, rank, rich, riotous, unsparing, unstinted, wealthy, wide), bereketli (abundant, copious, exuberant, fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, generous, luxuriant, opulent, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, productive, rank, rich), ayyaş (alcoholic, bacchanal, bacchant, bibber, bibulous, boozy, dipsomaniac, dissipated, drinker, drunk, drunkard, habitual drunkard, intemperate, rounder, soak, sot, sottish, souse, sponge, toper, wino), özlü (brief, capsule, compact, concise, juicy, laconic, lapidary, loamy, meaty, pithy, pulpy, racy, sappy, sententious, starchy, substantial, succinct, succulent, terse), çok içmek (bib, drink a lot, drink deeply, drink heavily, liquor up, soak, swill, tope), çok içirmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

соковитий (battle, goluptious, juicy, pulpy, sappy, succulent), спиртний напій (drink), напиватися (load up, swill), буйний (blusterous, luxuriant, rampant, rank, raving, riotous, rip roaring, roistering, turbulent), п'яний (banged, blind drunk, boiled, boozy, canned, disguised, drunk, drunken, groggy, inebriate, intoxicate, malty, noggy, pickled, pie-eyed, pizz, plastered, raddled, screwed, sodden, soused, sozzled, sozzly, under the table, vinous, wall eyed, wet, winy, woozy, zigzag), підпоювати. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tươi tốt. (various references)

laeti, laetum, laetus. (various references)

laxicare. (various references)

lasche. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "lush": lushed, lusher, lushes, lushest, lushing, lushly, lushness, lushnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "lush": ablush, blush, flush, outblush, overlush, plush, slush. (additional references)

Words containing "lush": blushed, blusher, blushers, blushes, blushful, blushing, blushingly, flushable, flushed, flusher, flushers, flushes, flushest, flushing, flushness, flushnesses, outblushed, outblushes, outblushing, plusher, plushes, plushest, plushier, plushiest, plushily, plushiness, plushinesses, plushly, plushness, plushnesses, plushy, slushed, slushes, slushier, slushiest, slushily, slushiness, slushinesses, slushing, slushy, unblushing, unblushingly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lush" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alush, aush, lasht, lauish, leesh, lish, Lleshi, llusg, Loesch, loosh, Losch, Loschy, losh, loshe, lrus, lsuh, luah, lubh, luch, Lucht, lugh, luh, luoshu, lus, lusa, lusch, Lushaj, Lushe, Lushun, lushy, luso, Luss, Lusy, luth, luxh, luxs, luzs, luzy, lysh, sulh, uls, ulus, ush. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: shul.

-2 letters: sh, uh, us.

+1 letter: blush, buhls, flush, hauls, hilus, hulas, hulks, hulls, hurls, plush, schul, shaul, shuln, shuls, slush.

+2 letters: ablush, bluish, bushel, churls, ghouls, haulms, housel, hullos, hustle, laughs, lehuas, loughs, lushed, lusher, lushes, lushly, mulish, plushy, schuln, shauls, shlump, should, sleuth, slouch, slough, slushy, sulpha, thurls, thusly, uhlans, unlash.

+3 letters: bashful, blueish, blushed, blusher, blushes, bullish, bulrush, bushels, bushily, chylous, cloughs, culches, cultish, cushily, dishful, dullish, flushed, flusher, flushes, fulhams, goulash, gulches, gushily, halitus, hamauls, hamulus, hatfuls, hatsful, haulers, heliums, holdups, housels, huckles, huddles, hueless, huipils, hullers, hulloas, hulloes, humbles, hurdles, hurlers, hurleys, hurlies, hurtles, hushful, huskily, hustled, hustler, hustles, inhauls, loudish, loutish, lumpish, lunches, lurches, lushest, lushing, muhlies, mulches, mullahs, mushily, nuchals, nullahs, phallus, ploughs, plusher, plushes, plushly, publish, pushful, pushily, schlump, shauled, shlumps, shlumpy, shuffle, shuttle, sleuths, slouchy, sloughs, sloughy, slushed, slushes, squelch, sulphas, sulphid, sulphur, thallus, thulias, unhelms, unleash, unshell, uphills, upholds, wishful.