Complete Definition of "lush"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��|-��

Adjective
en-adj|lush|er

  1. dense, teeming with life (usually used to describe vegetation)

#: 2006: Stefani Jackenthal, New York Times - "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."

  1. luxuriant, delicious (usually used to describe food)

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

  1. context|UK|slang beautiful, sexy
  2. context|Wales|slang amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked

#: Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!

Translations
trans-top|dense, teeming with life
Czech: bujný m
Finnish: rehevä, kukoistava
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trans-top|luxuriant, delicious
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trans-top|beautiful, sexy
Finnish: seksikäs
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trans-top|amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked
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Related terms
lushly
lushness
luscious

Noun
lush

  1. US context|informal|pejorative alcoholic

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