I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a green/wooded/lush valley (= one with a lot of plants or trees growing in it )
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We were on a ridge above a green valley, with the mountains beyond it.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
garden
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The hotel is 650 feet above the sea, set in lush gardens of flowers, palms and orange trees.
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Brown said he saw Adam and Eve in a remote-viewing session, but they were not naked primitives in a lush garden .
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Within its lush gardens just 100 yards from the beach, is a superb new swimming pool.
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The newly-built swimming pool is situated in lush gardens and deep palm groves which are part of the charm of this resort.
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There are winding streets, museums, half-timbered houses and lush gardens of figs, mulberries, sweet chestnuts and vines.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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lush fabrics
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a lush garden
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First, we need a long, warm, unbroken growing season to provide a plentiful diet of lush herbage.
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It was green, lush and luxuriant, ringed by the mountains with snowy peaks.
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Mist ferns daily with plastic spray bottle to keep them green and lush .
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Similarly, Colescott paints big, lush narrative acrylics on canvas, hard-hitting narrative works that travel across time and history.
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The famous walls and ramparts of the city, now surround lush lawns and leafy trees.
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They have lush stands of elm trees and will require minimal leveling.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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What are you drinking, you big lush ?
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You'll see her sitting at the bar all day. She's a real lush .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It sketches the usual story of Meurent, the model who dabbled in painting, who was a lush and promiscuous.
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See, the dude is a lush and we give him time to get mellow.
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This lush , seething insularity-what am I supposed to be learning, what are the lessons here?
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This is a film to make you feel fabulous about being a lush .