lush

Definitions


[lʌʃ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of vegetation, especially grass) growing luxuriantly
(e.g: lush greenery and cultivated fields)

- very good or pleasing
(e.g: I had some really lush pressies)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps an alteration of obsolete lash ‘soft, lax’, from Old French lasche ‘lax’, by association with luscious


[lʌʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a heavy drinker, especially a habitual one
(e.g: a lush who doesn't make very much sense most of the time)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century: perhaps a humorous use of lush


[lʌʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (someone) drunk
(e.g: Mr Hobart got so lushed up he was spilling drinks down his shirt)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century: perhaps a humorous use of lush




definition by Oxford Dictionaries