Definitions for lush

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Spelling: [luhsh]
IPA: /lʌʃ/

Lush is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in lush (hlsu).

Definitions for lush

noun

  1. drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
  2. intoxicating liquor.

adjective

  1. (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
  2. characterized by luxuriant vegetation:
  3. characterized by luxuriousness, opulence, etc.:

verb (used with object)

  1. to drink (liquor).

verb (used without object)

  1. to drink liquor.

Origin of lush

1400-50; late Middle English lusch slack; akin to Old English lysu bad, lēas lax, Middle Low German lasch slack, Old Norse lǫskr weak, Gothic lasiws weak

Examples for lush

The coastline was just ahead: green with a lush, tropical vegetation.

Here in the valley, notwithstanding the recent drought, the grass was lush.

“The painting is lush and triggers a sensory overload,” Harding said.

But most of her interpretative choices are sound, even on a song with challenging psychological depths such as “lush Life.”

The forests were lush and filled with life, from giant snakes to monkeys.

They leaves us to oursel's, and then takes away all the lush with 'em!

The old man now,” went on Grogan, “is a good deal of a lush.

Some day we will have a proper book on Tove Jansson the fine artist, with lush reproductions of her work.

From the height of 700 feet, a lush uniform green obscured the destruction unfolding below him.

They were still there, wallowing in the shallow water and grazing on the lush vegetation.

Word Value for lush
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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