lush

Preposition: as

journey: DAY 8 The landscape becomes increasingly lush as the journey weaves through the islets and beautiful Bergen comes into view again.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

keep: When used regularly in the vegetative stage it does help keep the plant lush, healthy and stress free.

Modifies a noun

• greenery: A corrugated rusty drum is tinged with moss, which features amid lush greenery.
• vegetation: A trek up a well trodden path through lush thick vegetation brings you to the top of the crater.
• rainforest: However in the lush tropical rainforests their live two species of bat.
• pasture: Up to 40 years ago, South Devon herds were a familiar site in the lush pastures of Devon.
• foliage: They are very striking in flower with the contrast of textures against the lush foliage.
• valley: Enjoy a walk through the lush green valleys or the higher mountains.

Modifying Another Word

• surprisingly: Last hour of daylight spent walking around the surprisingly lush hotel gardens.
• very: Off the north coast of the Scottish mainland lies Orkney - a very lush green set of Islands.
• quite: It's quite lush at this level but higher up the scenery becomes drab with a number of glacial moraines.
• so: They look thinner, and their foliage is not so lush, but in fact, they have more fruit.
• too: Don't use vegetable fertilizers, which have too much nitrogen and encourage too lush growth and few flowers.
• really: Uganda is a really lush, green country, not what I was expecting at all.

Used with adjective complement

• look: The birds were out, the grass smelled superb and the fields looked lush.
• become: DAY 8 The landscape becomes increasingly lush as the journey weaves through the islets and beautiful Bergen comes into view again.
• make: These fertilizers make lush, rapid growth which only encourages slugs!