"brushy" meaning in English

See brushy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹʌʃi/, /ˈbɹʊʃi/ Audio: en-au-brushy.ogg Forms: brushier [comparative], brushiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌʃi Etymology: From brush + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brush|y}} brush + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} brushy (comparative brushier, superlative brushiest)
  1. Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy. Categories (topical): Ecology Synonyms (brushlike): bushy Translations (Having a similar texture to a fox's tail): рошав (rošav) (Bulgarian), рунтав (runtav) (Bulgarian), подобен на четка (Bulgarian), buschig (German)
    Sense id: en-brushy-en-adj-dmQXVlOf Disambiguation of Ecology: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'brushlike': 82 18 Disambiguation of "Having a similar texture to a fox's tail": 94 6
  2. Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby. Categories (topical): Ecology Synonyms (having thick vegetation): shrubby Translations (Having thick vegetation): обрасъл с храсти (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-brushy-en-adj-vXAEIH08 Disambiguation of Ecology: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'having thick vegetation': 17 83 Disambiguation of 'Having thick vegetation': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brushily, brushiness

Inflected forms

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