bushier; bushiest
1
: full of or overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush
especially : being thick and spreading
bushily adverb
bushiness noun

Examples of bushy in a Sentence

an animal with a bushy tail
Recent Examples on the Web The green can has a large outline of Kelce’s iconic bushy beard and eyebrows. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024 In private, Mayorkas—who is short, fit, and bald, with bushy eyebrows and a cadet’s ramrod posture—is ironic, sharp-witted, and charismatic, a raconteur who leaps out of his seat to exaggerate a detail or deliver a punch line. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024 Chalamet does make an appearance in the sketch, though, showing up with bushy eyebrows as Killers of the Flower Moon filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who recently directed him in a perfume commercial for Blue de Chanel. Shania Russell, EW.com, 12 Nov. 2023 By the end of summer, the mounded plants grow bushy and can reach 18-24 inches wide. Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2023 Arriving for a fashion magazine job interview, Betty’s bushy brows, braces and less-than-runway-ready style did not augur well. Lesley O’Toole, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 The pursuit of thick, bushy eyebrows is an arduous one, particularly for those lacking in that department, but the treatments available to us now are endless; competent threading, tinting, or microblading can make up for a lack of hair, defined shape or strong color. Hannah Coates, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024 His mask, which covered his entire head and face, looked shockingly realistic with white hair, bushy eyebrows, wrinkles around the mouth and a full mustache. Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024 Marinoff, who had a salt-and-pepper beard and mobile, bushy eyebrows, held a pen and jotted notes as Lalák spoke. Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bushy was in the 14th century

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“Bushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushy. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

bushy

adjective
bushier; bushiest
1
: overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush : being thick and spreading
a bushy beard
bushiness noun

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