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# lush

«lush» in Mova's school dictionary: **green, thick and growing well: «lush grass», «a lush…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lush, lusher, lushest); noun (a lush, lushes — rude, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lush plants or places are green, thick and growing well: «lush grass», «a lush rainforest». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#m1)

2) Lush can mean rich, comfortable and expensive-looking: «lush velvet curtains». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#m2)

3) (UK slang, especially Wales and the South West) Lush means lovely, great or delicious: «That cake was lush!»; it can also mean good-looking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#m3)

4) (US, rude, informal) A lush is a person who drinks too much alcohol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons «lush» describes rainforests, river valleys and wet green land where plants grow well because of rain and warmth. In descriptive writing it makes a scene feel rich and alive. In everyday UK talk, especially in Wales, «lush» is a common word of praise. The «drunk» meaning is unkind; pupils should know it but not use it about people.

### examples

- The rainforest was lush and green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#x1)
- After the rain, the garden looked lush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#x2)
- Cows grazed on the lush meadow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#x3)
- «This pizza is lush!» said Rhys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#x4)
- The hotel room had lush carpets and soft cushions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#x5)
- The valley was lush, unlike the dry hills around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#x6)
- In the old film, a character was called a lush because he drank too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/#x7)

### note

Comparative «lusher», superlative «lushest». The slang «lovely» meaning is friendly and informal — do not use it in a formal essay. The noun «a lush» (a heavy drinker) is rude. Do not confuse with «plush» (soft and fancy).

### In the corpora

- [Slang: «lush» (Wales) means lovely; «mid» means average.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/30/)
- [Mum says, «Lush!» (Bristol and Welsh for «lovely»).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not/13/)
- [«Lush» is Welsh slang for great, and «bruv» is London slang for mate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lush» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.