Lush vs Overgrown - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
(dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned.
(of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life.
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(slang, of food) Luxuriant, delicious.
(British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
(British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
(pejorative) Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
Intoxicating liquor.
To drink liquor to excess.
To drink (liquor) to excess.
Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
(In the form "An overgrown X") Something which has grown bigger but has not changed its character.
As adjectives the difference between lush and overgrown
is that lush is lax; slack; limp; flexible while overgrown is having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.As verbs the difference between lush and overgrown
is that lush is to drink liquor to excess while overgrown is past participle of lang=en.As a noun lush
is drunkard, sot, alcoholic.As a proper noun Lush
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English
(wikipedia lush)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Related to (m). More at (l), (l).Adjective
(er)- 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.
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- That meal was lush ! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!
- Boys with long hair are lush !
- Your voice is lush , Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
Etymology 2
Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from (etyl) .An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (ISBN 0486122867)Noun
(es)Verb
(es)Derived terms
* lushing * lusherReferences
Anagrams
* (l)overgrown
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He spends so much money on new technology, he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.