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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually;
[syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. produced or growing in extreme abundance;
- Example: "their riotous blooming"
[syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous]

2. characterized by extravagance and profusion;
- Example: "a lavish buffet"
- Example: "a lucullan feast"
[syn: lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy]

3. full of juice;
- Example: "lush fruits"
- Example: "succulent roast beef"
- Example: "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves"
[syn: lush, succulent]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lush \Lush\ (l[u^]sh), a. [Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr. luscious.] 1. Full of juice or succulence. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Having thick and luxurient vegetation. [PJC] 3. Characterized by abundance or luxurience; rich. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lush \Lush\, n. [Etymol uncertain; said to be fr. Lushington, name of a London brewer.] 1. Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang] --C. Lever. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. an habitual drunkard. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lush 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]