bushy

[ boo sh-ee ]

/ ˈbʊʃ i /

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adjective, bush·i·er, bush·i·est.

resembling a bush; thick and shaggy: bushy whiskers.

full of or overgrown with bushes.

Origin of bushy

First recorded in 1350–1400, bushy is from the Middle English word busshi. See bush¹, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM bushy

bush·i·ly, adverb

Words nearby bushy

bushveld, bushwa, bushwalking, bushwhack, bushwhacker, bushy, bushy-tailed, busily, business, business administration, business agent

Example sentences from the Web for bushy

The typically fresh-faced, photogenic 31-year-old actor is sporting a bushy, unkempt, downright Biblical-looking beard.

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On a “warm up session,” he can be seen donning a checkered shirt and baseball hat atop his bushy ponytail.

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He wears large turbans, sports a long and bushy gray beard, is some six-feet three inches tall and weighs a beefy 250 pounds.

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Then, he engages in a full-on make-out session with his former SNL compadre Will Forte, sporting a bushy beard.

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J.P. Morgan had a mustache, and Jay Gould sported the type of bushy beard that would have fit right in with the Avett Brothers.

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These animals have long spines on the sides of the arms, which give them a bushy appearance.

The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold
Her face, framed in bushy curls and an old garden bonnet, was flushed and serious.

Robert Elsmere |Mrs. Humphry Ward
The mate wagged his bushy eyebrows and shifted his hand on the helm.

The Light of Scarthey |Egerton Castle
The painter drove his hands through his bushy hair, and spoke more vehemently than before.

Jan of the Windmill |Juliana Horatia Ewing
Turning, she found the new-comer looking at her with brown eyes that were soft under the bushy brows.

The Odds |Ethel M. Dell

British Dictionary definitions for bushy (1 of 2)

bushy ¹

/ (ˈbʊʃɪ) /

adjective bushier or bushiest

covered or overgrown with bushes

thick and shaggy bushy eyebrows

Derived forms of bushy

bushily, adverb bushiness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for bushy (2 of 2)

bushy ²

bushie

/ (ˈbʊʃɪ) /

noun plural bushies Australian informal

a person who lives in the bush

an unsophisticated uncouth person

a member of a bush fire brigade

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bushy

adjective, bush·i·er, bush·i·est.

Origin of bushy

OTHER WORDS FROM bushy

Words nearby bushy

Example sentences from the Web for bushy

British Dictionary definitions for bushy (1 of 2)

adjective bushier or bushiest

Derived forms of bushy

British Dictionary definitions for bushy (2 of 2)

bushie

noun plural bushies Australian informal

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

bushy

adjective, bush·i·er, bush·i·est.

Origin of bushy

OTHER WORDS FROM bushy

Words nearby bushy

Words related to bushy

Example sentences from the Web for bushy

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adjective bushier or bushiest

Derived forms of bushy

British Dictionary definitions for bushy (2 of 2)

bushie

noun plural bushies Australian informal

British Dictionary definitions for bushy (1 of 2)