rushy

[ ruhsh-ee ]

/ ˈrʌʃ i /

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adjective, rush·i·er, rush·i·est.

abounding with rushes or their stems.

covered or strewn with rushes.

consisting or made of rushes.

rushlike.

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Origin of rushy

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at rush², -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM rushy

rush·i·ness, noun

Words nearby rushy

rush hour, rushing, rush light, Rushmore, rushwork, rushy, rusine antler, rus in urbe, rusk, Ruska, Ruskin

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How to use rushy in a sentence

It was succeeded 304 by a vast expanse of shallow mere dotted with half-drowned, rushy islets, and swarming with crocodiles.
In the Morning of Time|Charles G. D. Roberts
The eldest had drained a small field, which used to be called the rushy field, from its having been quite covered with rushes.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth
The blue eyes met mine—there rose the rushy pool, there dozed the broken boat.
1492|Mary Johnston
Foshla; a marshy weedy rushy place; commonly applied to the ground left after a cut-away bog.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

The bog-track at length became merged in a rushy field, and then indeed did the pent waters of the hunt break forth.
Mount Music|E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross

British Dictionary definitions for rushy

rushy

/ (ˈrʌʃɪ) /

adjective rushier or rushiest

abounding in, covered with, or made of rushes

Derived forms of rushy

rushiness, noun

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