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braky

braky

9.9
Land that has thick low plants like brambles and ferns
  • adjective
  • Archaic
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  • The path wound through a dense, braky forest that scratched at our legs.

Examples

  • The hikers struggled to make their way through the braky hillside.

  • After years of neglect, the garden had become utterly braky and wild.

  • The braky land was difficult to walk through.

  • They found a brakier path through the woods.

  • The hikers struggled to make their way through the braky hillside.

  • After years of neglect, the garden had become utterly braky and wild.

  • The path wound through a dense, braky forest that scratched at our legs.

Synonyms

brushy
vsbraky
1 3.8

Covered with many low bushes or thick plants

focuses more on low tangled undergrowth including non-woody plants
brambly
vsbraky
1 7.6

Covered with many thorny bushes that are hard to walk through

is broader, applying to dense undergrowth with different plant types
briery
vsbraky
  • US
9.2

Full of thorny plants that can prick you

emphasizes sharp, thorny plants rather than general dense leafy undergrowth
ferny
vsbraky
7.2

Covered with many long thin green plants that have divided leaves

is broader, meaning dense undergrowth of several plant kinds
thicketed
vsbraky
5.5

Covered with thick bushes or small trees

emphasizes dense upright woody growth rather than low tangled undergrowth
bosky
vsbraky
  • Archaic
9.9

Covered with trees and bushes

is more about low tangled ground plants rather than wooded tree cover
thickset
vsbraky
6.1

Plants or trees that grow very close together and form a crowded group

refers to land covered by dense undergrowth rather than just plant spacing

How Overgrown

impenetrable
19 7.3
braky
  • Archaic
9.9
scrubby
5 5.3
sparse
31 5.0
open
18 1.0

Surface Forms

braky positive

Etymology

The word braky comes from brake, an old name for a fern or a thick wild bush, like 'bracken' or 'bramble'. So land that is braky is covered with that rough undergrowth and is hard to walk through.