Brushy meaning

bru′shē
Bristly; brushlike; bushy.
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Covered with brushwood or underbrush.
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Having a similar texture to a fox's tail; bushy.
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(Of the countryside) Having thick vegetation, larger than grass but smaller than trees.

Throughout much of northern Alaska, tundra is becoming brushier and giving way to forest.

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Origin of brushy

  • brush +‎ -y
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Brushy Sentence Examples

  • brushy areas or in areas of long grasses.

  • When I approached carelessly and alarmed them, they made a sudden splash and rippling with their tails, as if one had struck the water with a brushy bough, and instantly took refuge in the depths.

  • Areas most likely to be infested with ticks include moist and shady areas, wooded and brushy areas, overgrown grassy areas, and areas with a high rodent and deer population.

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