LUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lush mean? 

• LUSH (noun)
  The noun LUSH has 1 sense:

1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

  Familiarity information: LUSH used as a noun is very rare.

• LUSH (adjective)
  The adjective LUSH has 4 senses:

1. produced or growing in extreme abundance

2. having strong sexual appeal

3. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

4. tender and full of juice

  Familiarity information: LUSH used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse

Hypernyms ("lush" is a kind of...):

drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino (a chronic drinker)

• LUSH (adjective)

Comparative: lusher   
Superlative: lushest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produced or growing in extreme abundance

Synonyms:

exuberant; lush; luxuriant; profuse; riotous

Context example:

their riotous blooming

Similar:

abundant (present in great quantity)

Derivation:

lushness (the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having strong sexual appeal

Synonyms:

juicy; luscious; lush; red-hot; toothsome; voluptuous

Context example:

a toothsome blonde in a tight dress

Similar:

sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

Synonyms:

deluxe; gilded; grand; lush; luxurious; opulent; princely; sumptuous

Context example:

these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous

Similar:

rich (suggestive of or characterized by great expense)

Derivation:

lushness (the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Tender and full of juice

Synonyms:

lush; succulent

Context example:

succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves

Similar:

juicy (full of juice)

 Context examples 

The South of England was alive with them when there was plenty of good lush green-stuff to keep them going.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This could be quite a romantic location in a mountainous region with a lush forest.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We enjoy looking at a lush green lawn or a red rose in full bloom.

(Color Blindness, NIH)