LUSH


Meaning of LUSH in English

1. adj.1 (of vegetation, esp. grass) luxuriant and succulent.

2 luxurious.

Derivatives:

lushly adv. lushness n.

Etymology: ME, perh. var. of obs. lash soft, f. OF lasche lax (see LACHES): assoc. with LUSCIOUS 2. n. & v. esp. US sl.

--n.

1. alcohol, liquor.

2 an alcoholic, a drunkard.

--v.

1. tr. & intr. drink (alcohol).

2 tr. ply with alcohol.

Etymology: 18th c.: perh. joc. use of LUSH(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.