lush
Juicy, succulentJuicy, succulent.
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» Tom is a lush.
Том — алкаш. — sharptoothed
Том алкаш. — deniko
Том алкоголік. — deniko
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Examples
33 sentencesTom is a lush.
Том алкаш. — deniko
ruТом — алкаш. — sharptoothed
Those trainers are lush.
Це класні кросівки. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom is such a lush.
Meaning
9 sensesJuicy, succulent.
роско́шныйroskóšnyj
Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
üppig gewachsen
бу́йныйbújnyj
Savoury, delicious.
That meal was lush! We have to go to that restaurant again sometime!
More meanings 6
Thriving; rife; sumptuous.
(dialectal)Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
(UK, slang)Beautiful, sexy.
Boys with long hair are lush!
geil
сексапи́льныйsɛksapílʹnyj
(Canada, UK, slang)Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
fantastisch, toll
кла́ссныйklássnyj, потряса́ющийpotrjasájuščij, круто́йkrutój
(obsolete)Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
(slang)Drunk; inebriated.
- produced or growing in extreme abundance
- having strong sexual appeal
- ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
- tender and full of juice
Origin
From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysċ, lesċ (“From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysċ, lesċ (“slack; limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *laskwī̆, from Proto-Germanic *laskuz, *laskwaz (“weak, false, feeble”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to let; leave behind”).
Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from Shelta lush (“food and drink”) (the sense "liquor" is older than the sense "drinker"). The Century Dictionary wrote that it was "said to be so called from one Lushington, a once well-known London brewer", but the Online Etymology Dictionary considers lushington (“drinker”) a humorous extension of lush instead.
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Forms
lusher, lushestSynonyms
27 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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