brushy
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˈbrʌʃi/
:
arbustivo
- "Oooo!" Cleo wrinkled her nose and pointed toward the brushy bushes next to the picnic table where they were eating.
- brushy fencerow
- brushy mustache
- brushy bottom
Examples
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During a late spring hunt, Clayton and John stalked a deer halfway up a brushy canyon.
Fiction book (1996) -
It barely stands out on the open, flat, brushy landscape.
Fiction book (1991) -
They stood close together beside the stand of brushy growth and let the rain pour over them.
Fiction book (1990) -
Buntings live in the brushy pastures and woodland edges of the eastern United States.
Academic text (1995) -
Yves DeMarais was one of our botanists, and Easy was helping him do a study of plants in a brushy meadow when she suddenly screamed in pain.
Fiction book (2001) -
The hillside was covered in brushy thickets, making it difficult to walk through.
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Birds often build their nests in brushy areas where they can find shelter.
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We spotted a deer hiding in the brushy surroundings near the edge of the forest.
Synonyms
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1.3
Thick and full, spreading like a small bush, often for hair or tails
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3.8
Having many low bushy plants with woody stems
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7.6
Covered with many thorny bushes that are hard to walk through
Covered with thick bushes or small trees
A place with many small bushes and rough plants
Covered with trees and bushes
Land that has thick low plants like brambles and ferns
Full of thorny plants that can prick you
Antonyms
How Bushy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brushy comes from brush, which means 'small bushes', plus the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So brushy means a place 'full of bushes', an area with many low trees or thickets.