Definitions for lushlʌʃ

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

lushlʌʃ(adj.)-er, -est.

(of vegetation) growing abundantly; luxuriant.
Category: Botany
succulent; tender and juicy.
Category: Botany
characterized by luxuriant vegetation:
a lush valley.
Category: Botany
characterized by abundance, luxuriousness, opulence, etc.:
the lush surroundings of an estate.

Origin of lush:

1400–50; late ME lusch slack

lush′ness(n.)

lush^*lʌʃ(n.)

a drunkard.
Category: Status (usage)

^* Slang..

Origin of lush:

1780–90; orig. uncert.

Princeton's WordNet

alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse(adj)
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous(adj)
produced or growing in extreme abundance
"their riotous blooming"
lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy(adj)
characterized by extravagance and profusion
"a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
lush, succulent(adj)
full of juice
"lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

lush(adjective)ʌʃ
green and full of plants
the lush scenery of the tropical island

Wiktionary

lush(Noun)
drunkard, sot, alcoholic
lush(Noun)
intoxicating liquor
lush(Verb)
To drink liquor to excess.
lush(Verb)
To drink (liquor) to excess.

Origin: From lusch, from *, from laskaz, from las-. Akin to lysu, lasch, erleswen, lǫskr, 033B03300343033903450343, las, lasich, lusch. Related to lusk. More at lishey, lazy.