noun
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a person who lives in the bush
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an unsophisticated uncouth person
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a member of a bush fire brigade
adjective
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covered or overgrown with bushes
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thick and shaggy
bushy eyebrows
Other Word Forms
- bushily adverb
- bushiness noun
Etymology
Origin of bushy
First recorded in 1350–1400, bushy is from the Middle English word busshi. See bush 1, -y 1
Example Sentences
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The fat, happy cub kept close to his side, his bushy silver tail held high.
From Literature
Known for their reddish coat and white-tipped bushy tail, they are found across Europe, Asia, North America, and parts of Africa.
From BBC
Black Star glanced back at me and wagged his bushy tail.
From Literature
The Washington Post highlighted his “bushy white beard and easy smile.”
Bellowing "Silence, everyone!" to terrified parliamentarians, the man with a bushy moustache and shiny tricorn quickly caught the public's attention in an image engraved on the nation's collective memory.
From Barron's
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