brushier; brushiest
: covered with or abounding in brush or brushwood
brushy hills
a brushy habitat

brushy

2 of 2

adjective (2)

brushier; brushiest
: shaggy, rough
a brushy moustache

Examples of brushy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Reserve Capital Partners plans to convert the largely empty patch of brushy land into an industrial development. Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024 Where small farms bordered by brushy fence rows and hedge rows once stood, there are now large farms with little cover visible. Brent Frazee, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024 For some, the hanging shreds of velvet that covered their antlers becomes a sudden irritation, and as the velvet dries and peels away, bucks and bulls will assist the process by rubbing their antlers against brushy vegetation and small saplings. Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024 Twenty-nine days later, a search dog named Serenade prowling a brushy stretch of the Rouge River behind a nearbyAutoZone caught the smell of decay. Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023 They’re seated behind a tabletop, a brushy plane of pale and mottled yellow that takes up almost half the picture. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023 Massachusetts Communities at Golden Pond (Hopkinton) September 2023 An 84-year-old resident spent two nights outside in a brushy area near the facility. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023 The wreckage of the plane, a single-engine Cessna P210, was found shortly after 2 a.m. in a brushy area off Caminito Claro near Gilman Drive, said San Diego police Officer David O’Brien. Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2023 Each spring on the brushy banks of the San Juan River, a bucket brigade assembles twice daily. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Apr. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective (1)

1567, in the meaning defined above

Adjective (2)

1665, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brushy was in 1567

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Cite this Entry

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

Kids Definition

brushy

1 of 2 adjective
brushier; brushiest
: shaggy

brushy

2 of 2 adjective
brushier; brushiest
: covered with or full of brush or brushwood
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