plush

(plŭsh)

A fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or other material, having a thick deep pile.

adj. plush·er, plush·est

1. Made of or covered with plush.

2. Luxurious.

[French pluche, variant of peluche, from pelucher, to become fluffy, shed, from Old French peluchier, to pluck, probably from Vulgar Latin *piluccāre; see pluck.]

plush′ly adv.

plush′ness n.

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plush

(plʌʃ)

(Textiles)

a. a fabric with a cut pile that is longer and softer than velvet

b. (as modifier): a plush chair.

adj

informal Also: plushy lavishly appointed; rich; costly

[C16: from French pluche, from Old French peluchier to pluck, ultimately from Latin pilus a hair, pile³]

ˈplushly adv

ˈplushness n

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plush

(plʌʃ)

n., adj. -er, -est. n.

1. a pile fabric whose pile is generally no less than ? inch (0.3 cm) high.

adj.

2. expensively or showily luxurious: a plush hotel.

3. abundantly rich; luxuriant: plush lawns.

[1585–95; < French pluche, syncopated variant of peluche « Latin pilus hair]

plushed, adj.

plush′ly, adv.

plush′ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	plush - a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Adj.	1.	plush - characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" lucullan, lush, plushy, lavish rich - suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich display"

plush

adjective luxurious, luxury, costly, lavish, rich, sumptuous, opulent, palatial, ritzy (slang), de luxe a plush Georgian house in Mayfair
cheap, ordinary, plain, inexpensive, spartan, cheap and nasty

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plush

adjective

Characterized by extravagant, ostentatious magnificence:

lavish, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, palatial, rich, sumptuous.

Informal: plushy.

Translations

Stofftier

peluche

felpa lussuoso di lusso

peluche

plush

[plʌʃ]

A. N (= fabric) → felpa f

B. ADJ → afelpado (fig) → de mucho lujo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

plush

[ˈplʌʃ]

adj [place] → somptueux/euse

n (= fabric) → peluche fplus point n (= advantage) → avantage mplus sign n → signe m plus

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

plush

n → Plüsch m

adj (+er)

→ Plüsch-; plush curtains → Plüschvorhänge pl

(inf: = luxurious) → feudal (inf), → elegant, vornehm; a plush hotel/restaurant → ein Nobelhotel/-restaurant nt (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

plush

[plʌʃ]

1. n → felpa

2. adj (also plushy) (fam) → sontuoso/a, lussuoso/a

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Tuckle took the chair, and was supported at the other end of the board by the gentleman in orange plush. The greengrocer put on a pair of wash-leather gloves to hand the plates with, and stationed himself behind Mr.

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The premiums within their possible grasp were three: a bookcase, a plush reclining chair, and a banquet lamp.

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I had been sleeping, curled up in a red plush seat, for a long while when we reached Black Hawk.

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It was an immense place, lofty and gilt, upholstered in red plush, full of electric lights and so thoroughly warmed that even the marble tables felt tepid to the touch.

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That was a house to look at; and there lived an old man, who wore plush breeches; and he had a coat with large brass buttons, and a wig that one could see was a real wig.

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His shoes were of white plush with diamond buckles, and his stockings were rose silk.

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Reptiles that they are, the rough surface of a great stone is to them as plush as upholstery to us.

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The body of the chariot was decorated on the outside with designs in clusters of sparkling emeralds, while inside it was lined with a green and gold satin, and the cushions of the seats were of green plush embroidered in gold with a crown, underneath which was a monogram.

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And he said that I had nothing fit to wear, when I had my purple plush that I had never so much as taken out of the drawer.

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I have even held my own with gentlemen in plush, giving one my hat, another my stick, and a third my coat, and all done with little more trouble than I should have expended in putting the three articles on the chair myself.

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One was an enormous Lion with clear, intelligent eyes, a tawney mane bushy and well kept, and a body like yellow plush. The other was a great Tiger with purple stripes around his lithe body, powerful limbs, and eyes that showed through the half closed lids like coals of fire.

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For dress the insect wore a dark-blue swallowtail coat with a yellow silk lining and a flower in the button-hole; a vest of white duck that stretched tightly across the wide body; knickerbockers of fawn-colored plush, fastened at the knees with gilt buckles; and, perched upon its small head, was jauntily set a tall silk hat.

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