BUSHY
What does "BUSHY" mean?
Growing thickly and untidily, like a bush.
Meanings
- Thick, full, and spreading, especially of hair, fur, or foliage. The old gardener had bushy white eyebrows that hid his eyes.
- Covered with or full of bushes. They cut a path through the bushy hillside.
Word origin
From Middle English 'bush' (a shrub, from Old English and influenced by Old Norse and Old French) plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
Remember it
BUSHY = BUSH + Y: the Y is the extra sprig sticking out of the hedge.
A little poem
The fox tail flicks once-
all that proud red bushiness
for one cold morning.
haiku
Wordplay
- My beard got so bushy the barber charged me a landscaping fee.
What it teaches
Left untended, anything that grows will spread past the shape you meant for it.
Quick facts
What does BUSHY mean?
Growing thickly and untidily, like a bush.
Is BUSHY a valid word?
Yes — BUSHY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BUSHY?
BUSHY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BUSHY come from?
From Middle English 'bush' (a shrub, from Old English and influenced by Old Norse and Old French) plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
What can BUSHY teach us?
Left untended, anything that grows will spread past the shape you meant for it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.