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adjective, bush·i·er, bush·i·est.resembling a bush; thick and shaggy: bushy whiskers. full of or overgrown with bushes. Origin of bushyFirst recorded in 1350–1400, bushy is from the Middle English word busshi.See bush1, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM bushybush·i·ly, adverbWords nearby bushybushwa, bushwalking, bushwhack, bushwhacker, bush wren, bushy, bushy-tailed, busily, business, business administration, business agent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bushyThe typically fresh-faced, photogenic 31-year-old actor is sporting a bushy, unkempt, downright Biblical-looking beard. Andrew Garfield on the Evils of Capitalism, the Hacking Scandal, and Criticism of ‘Spider-Man 2’|Marlow Stern|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST On a “warm up session,” he can be seen donning a checkered shirt and baseball hat atop his bushy ponytail. Meet Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, aka L. Jinny, the Ali G of Evil|Olivia Nuzzi|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST He wears large turbans, sports a long and bushy gray beard, is some six-feet three inches tall and weighs a beefy 250 pounds. Afghan Elections: The Warlords Are Back|Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai|October 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST Then, he engages in a full-on make-out session with his former SNL compadre Will Forte, sporting a bushy beard. Mumford & Sons’ Hilarious Parody Video, Featuring Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, and More|Victoria Kezra|August 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
J.P. Morgan had a mustache, and Jay Gould sported the type of bushy beard that would have fit right in with the Avett Brothers. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Goes Hipster With Davos Beard|Daniel Gross|January 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST These animals have long spines on the sides of the arms, which give them a bushy appearance. The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold Her face, framed in bushy curls and an old garden bonnet, was flushed and serious. Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward The mate wagged his bushy eyebrows and shifted his hand on the helm. The Light of Scarthey|Egerton Castle The painter drove his hands through his bushy hair, and spoke more vehemently than before. Jan of the Windmill|Juliana Horatia Ewing Turning, she found the new-comer looking at her with brown eyes that were soft under the bushy brows.
British Dictionary definitions for bushy (1 of 2)
adjective bushier or bushiestcovered or overgrown with bushes thick and shaggybushy eyebrows Derived forms of bushybushily, adverbbushiness, nounBritish Dictionary definitions for bushy (2 of 2)
noun plural bushies Australian informala person who lives in the bush an unsophisticated uncouth person a member of a bush fire brigade Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bushyhairy, feathery, fluffy, unruly, fuzzy, luxuriant, leafy, wiry, bristly, disordered, fringed, full, heavy, hirsute, nappy, prickly, rough, spreading, stiff, thick |