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The definition of lush is something that is full or exists in abundance. It also is a woman with a sensuous body.

(adjective)

An example of lush is vegetation in the rainforest.
An example of lush is Marilyn Monroe.

See lush in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

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

Related Forms:

lushly adverb
lushness noun

noun

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

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

intransitive verb, transitive verb

Slang to drink (liquor)

See lush in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective lush·er, lush·est

a. Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation.
b. Abundant; plentiful. See Synonyms at profuse.
c. Extremely productive; thriving.
a. Luxurious; opulent: the lush décor of a grand hotel.
b. Extremely pleasing to the senses: a lush scent; lush fruit; the lush sounds of an orchestra.
c. Voluptuous or sensual.
Overelaborate or extravagant: lush rhetoric.