BUSHY

bushy

(adjective) resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading

bushy, shaggy, shaggy-haired, shaggy-coated

(adjective) used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; ā€œbushy locksā€; ā€œa shaggy beardā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bushy (comparative bushier, superlative bushiest)

Like a bush in having many widely spread branches.

Growing thickly.

(Racial slur) Derogatory word used to refer to Afro-textured Hair.

Anagrams

• Husby

Source: Wiktionary


Bush"y, a. Etym: [From 1st Bush.]

1. Thick and spreading, like a bush. "Bushy eyebrows." Irving.

2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs. Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

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