brushy1
[bruhsh-ee]
- resembling a brush, especially in roughness or shagginess.
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brushy2
[bruhsh-ee]
- covered or overgrown with brush or brushwood.
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Examples from the Web for brushy
Contemporary Examples
He had a pleasantly jowly face, punctuated by a brushy mustache under his fleshy nose, his pants always fastened to suspenders.
Brunello’s King Lear: Gianfranco Soldera Reflects on the Attack on His WineAlice Feiring
December 8, 2013
A bullet-riddled corpse had been found on one of the brushy streets where houses once stood in the Lower 9th.
Historical Examples
You could not cast for them; the brook was too small and brushy for that.
Dwellers in ArcadyAlbert Bigelow Paine
Most of the specimens examined were trapped in brushy areas.
The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, MexicoTicul Alvarez
Robert has gone with a Mr. Spenser to see his place on the Brushy.
All the Days of My Life: An AutobiographyAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
They were penned as well as protected there in that rocky, brushy neck.
The Heritage of the SiouxB.M. Bower
Then the big flock of turkeys eluded us in an impenetrable, brushy ravine.
Tales of lonely trailsZane Grey
brushy1
- like a brush; thick and furry
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brushy2
- covered or overgrown with brush
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