bushy

English

Etymology

From bush +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊʃi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊʃi

Adjective

bushy (comparative bushier, superlative bushiest)

1. Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.

   the bushy tail of a squirrel

2. Growing thickly.

Derived terms

• bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
• bushily
• bushiness
• bushy bluestem
• bushy-tailed
• unbushy

Translations

like a bush

• Czech: hustý (cs), huňatý, chundelatý
• Esperanto: hirta
• German: buschig (de)
• Latin: fruticosus
• Maori: pūhutihuti (of hair)
• Ukrainian: пухна́стий (puxnástyj)

growing thickly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茂密 (zh) (màomì)

• German: buschig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δασύς (dasús), λάσιος (lásios)

• Hungarian: bozontos (hu), lompos (hu)
• Maori: pōruru, pūhutihuti
• Ottoman Turkish: كور (gür)
• Scottish Gaelic: ròibeanach
• Spanish: tupido (es), poblado (es)
• Swedish: yvig (sv)

Noun

bushy (plural bushies)

1. Alternative form of bushie

Anagrams

• Husby