rush-likeadj.

Brit.

/ˈrʌʃlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈrəʃˌlaɪk/

Forms: see rush n.¹ and -like suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rush n.¹, -like suffix.

Etymology: < rush n.¹ + -like suffix.

Resembling a rush or rushes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > long and narrow > like a rod, reed, etc.

stalky1552

strawish1562

rush-like1578

reeden1597

rodlike1611

virgated1752

vargeous1779

switchy1810

sudiform1822

reedy1834

rodded1841

pencillous1850

junciform1855

rhabdoidal1855

rhabdoid1859

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > resembling an aquatic grass

rushy1547

flaggy1577

rush-like1578

spratty1808

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 642 Amongst the Rushlyke leaues growe smal rounde stemmes.

1610 R. Niccols England's Eliza xxvi Ne yet did seeke their glorie to advance, By only tilting with a rush-like lance.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 55/2 The Spanish Silver-cupped Moly hath a Stalk proceeding from 2 or 3 rush like leaves.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Equisetum The rush-like naked, or not branched Horsetail.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 187/1 The plains are permanently clothed with patches of a rush-like plant called Restio.

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 105 Their profuse herbage of reeds and rush~like grass.

1922 A. S. Hitchcock Grasses Hawaii 121 Some of the stems are as much as 5 meters long. They are mostly leafless and rushlike.

2001 Trav. Afr. Winter 122/3 Restios are reed or rush-like plants, descended from primitive grasses... Being hardy they are not grazed, but locals harvest them for thatching.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rush-like
释义	rush-likeadj. Brit. /ˈrʌʃlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈrəʃˌlaɪk/ Forms: see rush n.¹ and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rush n.¹, -like suffix. Etymology: < rush n.¹ + -like suffix. Resembling a rush or rushes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > long and narrow > like a rod, reed, etc. stalky1552 strawish1562 rush-like1578 reeden1597 rodlike1611 virgated1752 vargeous1779 switchy1810 sudiform1822 reedy1834 rodded1841 pencillous1850 junciform1855 rhabdoidal1855 rhabdoid1859 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > resembling an aquatic grass rushy1547 flaggy1577 rush-like1578 spratty1808 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 642 Amongst the Rushlyke leaues growe smal rounde stemmes. 1610 R. Niccols England's Eliza xxvi Ne yet did seeke their glorie to advance, By only tilting with a rush-like lance. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 55/2 The Spanish Silver-cupped Moly hath a Stalk proceeding from 2 or 3 rush like leaves. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Equisetum The rush-like naked, or not branched Horsetail. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 187/1 The plains are permanently clothed with patches of a rush-like plant called Restio. 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 105 Their profuse herbage of reeds and rush~like grass. 1922 A. S. Hitchcock Grasses Hawaii 121 Some of the stems are as much as 5 meters long. They are mostly leafless and rushlike. 2001 Trav. Afr. Winter 122/3 Restios are reed or rush-like plants, descended from primitive grasses... Being hardy they are not grazed, but locals harvest them for thatching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1578
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