rushy

[ ruhsh-ee ]

adjective

, rush·i·er, rush·i·est.

1. abounding with rushes rush or their stems.
2. covered or strewn with rushes. rush.
3. consisting or made of rushes. rush.
4. rushlike.

ˈrushy

/ ˈrʌʃɪ /

adjective

1. abounding in, covered with, or made of rushes

Derived Forms

• ˈrushiness, noun

Other Words From

• rushi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rushy¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; rush ², -y ¹

Example Sentences

It was succeeded 304 by a vast expanse of shallow mere dotted with half-drowned, rushy islets, and swarming with crocodiles.

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The eldest had drained a small field, which used to be called the rushy field, from its having been quite covered with rushes.

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The blue eyes met mine—there rose the rushy pool, there dozed the broken boat.

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Foshla; a marshy weedy rushy place; commonly applied to the ground left after a cut-away bog.

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The bog-track at length became merged in a rushy field, and then indeed did the pent waters of the hunt break forth.

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