rushy
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8.7
Land covered with long, thin plants that grow in wet ground
- adjective
- /ˈrʌʃi/
:
cubierto de juncos
- The landscape was dotted with rushy areas, providing a home for many birds.
Examples
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And never, since the middle summer's spring, met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, by paved fountain or by rushy brook, but with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport.
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The water looked as wide as the ocean, fast and rushy, gleaming like fresh tar.
Fiction book (1996) -
Bedecking furze-clad heath and rushy waste
Academic text (2017) -
As we hiked through the rushy marsh, we spotted frogs hopping among the plants.
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The rushy bank along the river teemed with life, from insects to small animals.
Synonyms
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9.1
Looks like a plant with tall thin stems and narrow leaves near water
refers to land actually covered by grasslike wet plants
Surface Forms
rushy positive
Morphology
Etymology
Rushy comes from the plant name rush, a 'grasslike plant' that grows in wet places. So a rushy area is 'full of rushes' and usually means a wet, grassy spot near water.