lush
lush Lexical Profile
lush Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
(of vegetation or a landscape) Growing luxuriantly, thickly, and abundantly.
"The hikers walked through a lush green valley filled with wildflowers and ferns."
Rich, opulent, or appealing Strongly to the senses in texture, sound, or appearance.
"The film features a lush orchestral score and sumptuous costume design."
(of food or fruit) Succulent, tender, and full of juice or flavor.
"In late summer, the orchard produces lush, sweet peaches."
British (informal) Very attractive, pleasant, or delightful.
"We had a lush meal at the new seaside restaurant in Cardiff."
• noun
(slang) A heavy or habitual drinker of alcohol; a drunkard.
"The character in the play was portrayed as a charming but unreliable lush who spent his evenings at the tavern."
• verb
To drink alcoholic beverages heavily or to excess (slang, often used with 'up').
"They spent the entire evening lushing at the neighborhood bar."
• Rhymes for lush
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English lusch ('lax, slack, soft, tender'), possibly a variant of lask ('relaxed, sluggish'), from Old French lasche ('slack, loose'), from Latin laxus.