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bush·y

 (bo͝osh′ē)
adj. bush·i·er, bush·i·est
1. Consisting of or covered with bushes: bushy plants; a bushy area.
2. Thick and shaggy: a bushy head of hair.

bush′i·ly adv.
bush′i·ness n.
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bushy

(ˈbʊʃɪ)
adj, bushier or bushiest
1. (Horticulture) covered or overgrown with bushes
2. thick and shaggy: bushy eyebrows.
ˈbushily adv
ˈbushiness n

bushy

(ˈbʊʃɪ) or

bushie

n, pl bushies
1. a person who lives in the bush
2. an unsophisticated uncouth person
3. a member of a bush fire brigade
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bush•y

(ˈbʊʃ i)

adj. bush•i•er, bush•i•est.
1. resembling a bush; thick and shaggy: bushy whiskers.
2. full of or overgrown with bushes.
[1350–1400]
bush′i•ly, adv.
bush′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.bushy - used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard"
ungroomed - not neat and smart in appearance; "he was wrinkled and ungroomed, with a two-day beard"; "ungroomed hair"
2.bushy - resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
branchy - having many branches; "a branchy tree trunk"
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bushy

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Translations
مُدغل، كَثيفُ الحاجِبَيْن
huňatýhustý
busket
loîinn
sık ve gür

bushy

[ˈbʊʃɪ] ADJ (bushier (compar) (bushiest (superl))) [plant] → parecido a un arbusto; [ground] → lleno de arbustos; [hair] → espeso, tupido; [beard, eyebrows] → poblado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bushy

[ˈbʊʃi ˈbʊʃi] adj
[eyebrows] → broussailleux/euse, touffu(e); [tail] → touffu(e)
[plant] → épais(se)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bushy

adj (+er)buschig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bushy

[ˈbʊʃɪ] adj (plant, tail, beard) → folto/a; (eyebrows) → irsuto/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bush

(buʃ) noun
1. a growing thing between a tree and a plant in size. a rose bush.
2. (in Australia, Africa etc) wild uncultivated country.
ˈbushy adjective
thick and spreading. bushy eyebrows; a bushy tail.
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References in periodicals archive ?
Nipping top growth and buds will encourage stronger, bushier plants.
Or you can do the Chelsea chop, cutting back perennials in their stride to make them bushier and less likely to flop over.
Or you can do the Chelsea chop, cutting back perennials in their stride make them bushier and less likely to flop over.
| Pinch out the seedlings of annuals such as cosmos and zinnia to help form bushier, stronger plants.
Or you can do the Chelsea chop which involves cutting back perennials in their stride to make them bushier and less likely to flop over.
Doing this will help to form bushier, stronger plants.
This will result in bushier, stronger flowering plants.
For example, some people believe squirrels grow bushier tails or hoard more nuts when a bad winter is coming.
Penelope, 41, star of new film Zoolander 2, is setting the trend for more natural, bushier brows.
With Salvia guaranitica, taking out the apical shoot and cutting back the laterals to two or three nodes from the main branches ensures a shorter, bushier plant.
Grow in full sun, water regularly, and pinch off flowers for bushier growth.