bushy
Origin of bushy
1Other words from bushy
- bush·i·ly, adverb
Words Nearby bushy
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How to use bushy in a sentence
Fossil discoveries in the ’60s and ’70s revealed a bushier family tree, with many dead-end branches.
Fossils and ancient DNA paint a vibrant picture of human origins | Erin Wayman | September 15, 2021 | Science NewsToday, this region is characterized by bushy, fire-tolerant open woodlands that do not develop a thick and enclosed canopy.
How Early Humans Used Fire to Permanently Change the Landscape Millennia Ago | Jessica Thompson | May 21, 2021 | Singularity HubBilgram, his 2-year-old beard more Castaway than a stranded Tom Hanks, plastered his bushy image all over the brand.
When Dead Beer Walks: A Dane in Vietnam Turns Strange Brew Into Craft Gin | Eugene Robinson | February 12, 2021 | OzySquirrels came a-leaping from near and far, sinking into the tall grass, then surging into the air, bodies outstretched, bushy tails aloft, before arcing downward again, some gracefully, others like Lilliputian lumbering bears.
How a sickly squirrel offered me unexpected comfort | Pam Spritzer | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostAs a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed grad student, I felt extraordinarily lucky to be there among the world’s top experts.
How I Learned to Love and Fear the Riemann Hypothesis | Alex Kontorovich | January 4, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
With this hideous bushy outcrop, the beard has reached its end game.
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point | Tim Teeman | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe typically fresh-faced, photogenic 31-year-old actor is sporting a bushy, unkempt, downright Biblical-looking beard.
Andrew Garfield on the Evils of Capitalism, the Hacking Scandal, and Criticism of ‘Spider-Man 2’ | Marlow Stern | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn a “warm up session,” he can be seen donning a checkered shirt and baseball hat atop his bushy ponytail.
Meet Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, aka L. Jinny, the Ali G of Evil | Olivia Nuzzi | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe wears large turbans, sports a long and bushy gray beard, is some six-feet three inches tall and weighs a beefy 250 pounds.
Afghan Elections: The Warlords Are Back | Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai | October 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThen, he engages in a full-on make-out session with his former SNL compadre Will Forte, sporting a bushy beard.
Mumford & Sons’ Hilarious Parody Video, Featuring Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, and More | Victoria Kezra | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis face was hidden beneath a beard of bristling, bushy red, and he had a sharp hook nose and small, bright eyes.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydWas it some one who had watched the swift, sure-footed spring of a bushy-tailed squirrel from branch to branch?
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousAfter that he and Mert, as by a common thought impelled, climbed out and went over to a bushy live oak to confer in privacy.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerThese travelled follows are outrageous bores, with their bushy moustachios and outlandish lingo.
Alone | Marion HarlandHe noted plenty of small ones but their short, bushy tails revealed colthood.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
British Dictionary definitions for bushy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbʊʃɪ) /
covered or overgrown with bushes
thick and shaggy: bushy eyebrows
Derived forms of bushy
- bushily, adverb
- bushiness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for bushy (2 of 2)
bushie
/ (ˈbʊʃɪ) /
a person who lives in the bush
an unsophisticated uncouth person
a member of a bush fire brigade
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