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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUSH, a. Of a dark, keep, full color.
How lush and lusty the grass looks; how green! Obs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous]
2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy]
3: full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" [syn: lush, succulent] n
1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English lusch soft, tender Date: 1610 1. a. growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage <lush grass> b. lavishly productive: as (1) fertile (2) thriving (3) characterized by abundance ; plentiful (4) prosperous, profitable 2. a. savory, delicious b. appealing to the senses <the lush sounds of the orchestra> c. opulent, sumptuous <lush accommodations> Synonyms: see profuse • lushly adverb • lushness noun II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1790 1. slang intoxicating liquor ; drink 2. a habitual heavy drinker ; drunkard III. verb Date: circa 1811 slang drink

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lush Lush, a. [Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr. luscious.] Full of juice or succulence. --Tennyson. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lush Lush, n. [Etymol uncertain; said to be fr. Lushington, name of a London brewer.] Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lusher, lushest) 1. Lush fields or gardens have a lot of very healthy grass or plants. ...the lush green meadows bordering the river... The beautifully landscaped gardens sprawl with lush vegetation. ADJ • lushness ...a tropical lushness. 2. If you describe a place or thing as lush, you mean that it is very luxurious. ...a mirrored bathroom done in soft pink tiles with a lush, plush carpet... The fabrics were lush. ADJ: v-link ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Juicy, succulent, watery, sappy, moist, full of juice, fresh, luxuriant.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Strong beer.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To drink.

Moby Thesaurus

abundant, adorable, adorned, agreeable, alcohol, ambrosial, befrilled, bibber, blooming, booze, boozehound, boozer, bottle sucker, bountiful, budge, bum, bursting, bursting out, chug, chug-a-lug, colored, copious, creative, dainty, decorated, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, deluxe, dense, drink, drunk, elaborate, elbow bender, embellished, embroidered, epicurean, exquisite, extravagant, exuberant, fancy, fecund, fertile, festooned, figurative, figured, firewater, florid, flourishing, flowery, fresh, fructiferous, fruitful, generous, ginhound, good, good to eat, good-tasting, green, grog, gross, gustable, gusty, heavenly, heavy, hooch, hooch hound, impenetrable, inebriate, juicy, jungled, jungly, lavish, likable, liquor, liquor up, luscious, lusher, luxuriant, luxurious, moist, mouth-watering, nectareous, nectarous, nice, of gourmet quality, opulent, ornate, overcharged, overgrown, overloaded, overrun, palatable, palatial, pleasing, plenteous, plentiful, plush, pregnant, prodigal, productive, profusive, proliferous, prolific, purple, raise the elbow, rank, rich, riotous, ripe, ritzy, rum hound, rummy, sapid, savorous, savory, scrumptious, seminal, sensual, soak, sot, souse, sponge, stew, succulent, sumptuous, superabundant, swarming, swig, swill, swillbelly, swillbowl, swillpot, tank up, tasty, teeming, thick, thriving, tipple, tippler, toothsome, uberous, unweeded, verdant, voluptuous, weed-choked, weed-ridden, weedy, wino, yummy