bushier; bushiest
1
: full of or overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush
especially
: being thick and spreading
Examples of bushy in a Sentence
an animal with a bushy tail
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Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
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Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
Hassan was tall, with bushy eyebrows and a perpetual half smile.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Pinch poinsettia stems as needed every few weeks June through August to promote a bushy plant that is ablaze with color for the holidays.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2024
The Euphoria and Saltburn star, who is serving as a juror at the festival alongside Luca Guadagnino and Andrew Garfield, debuted an impressively bushy beard while attending the premiere of Justin Kurzel’s crime drama The Order.
—Vogue, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Bushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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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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