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lush | blooming |

As adjectives the difference between lush and blooming

is that lush is lax; slack; limp; flexible while blooming is opening in blossoms; flowering.

As nouns the difference between lush and blooming

is that lush is drunkard, sot, alcoholic while blooming is the act by which something blooms.

As verbs the difference between lush and blooming

is that lush is to drink liquor to excess while blooming is present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Lush

is {{surname|lang=en}.

As an adverb blooming is

bloody; bleeding; extremely.

lush

English

(wikipedia lush)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Related to (m). More at (l), (l).

Adjective

(er)
  • (obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
  • (dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned.
  • (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life.
  • * 2006 , Stefani Jackenthal, New York Times
    • Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems. Chock-full of waterfalls and hot springs, bright-colored birds and howling monkeys, flora-lined trails cut through thick, fragrant forests and up cloud-covered mountains.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=The Fraught History of a Watery World , volume=101, issue=1, page=59 , magazine= citation , passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}
  • (slang, of food) Luxuriant, delicious.
    • That meal was lush ! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!
  • (British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
    • Boys with long hair are lush !
  • (British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
    • Your voice is lush , Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
    Related terms
    * lushly * lushness * luscious

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from (etyl) .An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (ISBN 0486122867)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (pejorative) Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
  • Intoxicating liquor.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To drink liquor to excess.
  • To drink (liquor) to excess.
    • Derived terms
    * lushing * lusher

    References

    Anagrams

    * (l)

    blooming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Opening in blossoms; flowering.
  • Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
  • (British, euphemistic) bloody (in its vulgar senses ).

    • Synonyms

    * (opening in blossoms ): blossoming, flowering, in bloom, in blossom, in flower * (thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour ): blossoming, flourishing, thriving * (euphemism for "bloody" ): bally (British), blasted, blinking

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Bloody; bleeding; extremely.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=3 , passage=It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”}}

    Noun

  • The act by which something blooms.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 23, author=Jeremy Pearce, title=Anne McLaren, 80, Expert on the Embryo, Is Dead, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Such bloomings , Dr. McLaren continued, would require a critical audience, “so that they can be subject to scientific and ethical review, freely available for research and one day, perhaps, for treating diseases.” }}
  • (metallurgy) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
  • (photography) A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

    • Related terms

    * antiblooming * bloomery — forge