lush

CEFRB2

/ˈlʌʃ/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Growing thickly and healthily, or richly green.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.

Examples

  • The mountains are a lush green in summer.

  • This land is covered by a verdant carpet of lush vegetation.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

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

  2. Juicy, succulent.

  3. Savoury, delicious.

More examples

In context

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

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

  • Boys with long hair are lush!

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysċ, lesċ (“slack; limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *laskwī̆, from Proto-Germanic *laskuz, *laskwaz (“weak, false, feeble”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to let; leave behind”). Akin to Old English lysu, lesu (“false, evil, base”), Middle Low German lasch (“slack”), Middle High German er-leswen (“to become weak”), Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, feeble”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍅𐍃 (lasiws, “weak, feeble”), Middle Low German las, lasich (“slack, languid, idle”), Low German lusch (“loose”). Doublet of lusk. More at lishey, lazy.