GDict

lush

lʌʃ8 senses · 5 ms
Level B2GRE
local copy0 msLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0Wiktionary contributors
adj/ˈlʌʃ/[ˈlʌʃ]/ˈlʊʃ/
  1. 1

    Juicy, succulent.

    • How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?
  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.

    • Virmire is a lush world located on the frontier of the Attican Traverse. Its vast seas and orbital position on the inner life zone have created a wide equatorial band of humid, tropical terrain.
    • European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
  4. 4

    Savoury, delicious.

    • That meal was lush! We have to go to that restaurant again sometime!
  5. 5

    Thriving; rife; sumptuous.

    • They rolled into Jane's room a wheeled cart lush with cake and cookies and shrimp and crudités and pop and soda water. The staff was giving us a going-away party for our trip to Seattle; it was good to understand their confidence.
  6. 6

    Beautiful, sexy.UKslang

    • Boys with long hair are lush!
  7. 7

    Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.CanadaUKslang

    • Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
  8. 8

    Lax; slack; limp; flexible.obsolete

noun/ˈlʌʃ/[ˈlʌʃ]/ˈlʊʃ/
  1. 1

    A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.countablederogatoryslang

    • Overaged and lecherous lushes at office parties profaning the text, music, and meaning of Christmas carols.
  2. 2

    Intoxicating liquor.countableslanguncountable

    • I took my flogging like a stone. If I had sung, some of the convicts would have given me some lush with a locust in it (laudanum hocussing), and when I was asleep would have given me a crack on the head that would have laid me straight.
    • If your care comes, in the liquor sink it, / Pass along the lush — I'm the boy can drink it.
  3. 3

    A person who enjoys talking about themselves.Hawaiicountableslang

    • Am I humble or am I a lush?
adj/ˈlʌʃ/[ˈlʌʃ]/ˈlʊʃ/
  1. 1

    Drunk; inebriated.slang

    • “’E generally goes down there when ’e’s got ’is skinful, beggin’ your pardon, sir, an’ they do say that the more lush — in-he-briated ’e is, the more fish ’e catches.”
verb/ˈlʌʃ/[ˈlʌʃ]/ˈlʊʃ/
  1. 1

    To drink (liquor) to excess.ambitransitive

Nearby entries