adjective

1. tender and full of juice
2. of luxuriant growth lush vegetation
3. characterized by a rich growth of vegetation lush fields
4. characterized by richness, abundance, or extravagance, as in ornamentation, invention, etc., often tending to excess lush writing

Etymology: ME lusch, ? echoic var. of lassch, soft, flaccid < OFr lasche, lax, loose < laschier, to loosen < LL *lascare < *lascus, altered by metathesis < L laxus, lax

noun

1. Slang alcoholic liquor
2. Slang a person who drinks liquor habitually and to excess; esp., an alcoholic

Etymology: < ? lush, in sense “full of juice”

intransitive verb, transitive verb