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bushy

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bush·y  (bsh)
adj. bush·i·er, bush·i·est
1. Overgrown with bushes.
2. Thick and shaggy: a bushy head of hair.

bushi·ly adv.
bushi·ness n.

bushy1
adj bushier, bushiest
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) covered or overgrown with bushes
2. thick and shaggy bushy eyebrows
bushily  adv
bushiness  n

bushy2, bushie [ˈbʊʃɪ]
n pl bushies Austral informal
1. a person who lives in the bush
2. an unsophisticated uncouth person
3. a member of a bush fire brigade
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bushy - used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard"
ungroomed - not neat and smart in appearance; "he was wrinkled and ungroomed, with a two-day beard"; "ungroomed hair"
2.bushy - resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
branchy - having many branches; "a branchy tree trunk"

bushy
Translations
bushy [ˈbʊʃɪ] ADJ (bushier (compar) (bushiest (superl))) [plant] → parecido a un arbusto; [ground] → lleno de arbustos; [hair] → espeso, tupido; [beard, eyebrows] → poblado
bushy [ˈbʊʃi ˈbʊʃi] adj
[eyebrows] → broussailleux/euse, touffu(e); [tail] → touffu(e)
[plant] → épais(se)
bushy
adj (+er)buschig
bushy [ˈbʊʃɪ] adj (plant, tail, beard) → folto/a; (eyebrows) → irsuto/a
bushy [ˈbʊʃɪ] adj (plant, tail, beard) → folto/a; (eyebrows) → irsuto/a


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He had a long bushy tail which he was sitting upon, as the stump was somewhat damp.
I have a fine long bushy tail, which almost looks like a plume of red feathers.
Big bushy eyebrows, an awfully deep and solemn voice, a harsh unbending manner, a complete absence in her figure of the undulating lines characteristic of the sex, presented Virtue in this excellent person under its least alluring aspect.
 
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