"brushy" meaning in English

See brushy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹʌʃi/, /ˈbɹʊʃi/ Audio: en-au-brushy.ogg [Australia] Forms: brushier [comparative], brushiest [superlative]
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  1. Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy. 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)
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  2. Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby. Synonyms (having thick vegetation): shrubby Translations (Having thick vegetation): обрасъл с храсти (Bulgarian), pokrytý mlázím (Czech)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brushily, brushiness

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1825 November 9, John Murray, “Art X.—1. On the Unequal Distribution of Caloric in Voltaic Action. 2. On the Temperature of the Skin of the Dormouse. 3. On the Temperature of the Egg of the Hen, in relation to its Physiology. By John Murray, F.S.A. F.L.S. & M.W.S. Communicated by the Author.”, in The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal [...] October 1. 1825 to April 1. 1826, volume XIV, number XXVII, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable & Co. Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson & Co. London, published January 1826, →OCLC, page 61:",
          "text": "It [a dormouse] dipped its brushy tail (somewhat resembling that of a fox) into the dish, and carried the milk in this manner to the mouth.",
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          "ref": "2002 December 10, David Derbyshire, “New possum species found in Australia”, in The Daily Telegraph, London, archived from the original on 29 Feb 2016:",
          "text": "The northern variety living in the forests of New South Wales and Queensland have smaller ears, shorter feet and a longer, brushier tail than those in the Victorian woods to the south.",
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          "ref": "2004 summer, Bill Sherwonit, “Alaskan meltdown: On the frontlines of climate change”, in National Parks, Washington, D.C.: National Parks and Conservation Association, →ISSN, page 27:",
          "text": "Throughout much of northern Alaska, tundra is becoming brushier and giving way to forest. As tundra diminishes, animals that depend on it for food or nesting habitat—caribou and many birds—are likely to lose out.",
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        "Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹʌʃi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹʊʃi/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "sense": "brushlike",
      "word": "bushy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having thick vegetation",
      "word": "shrubby"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "rošav",
      "sense": "Having a similar texture to a fox's tail",
      "word": "рошав"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "runtav",
      "sense": "Having a similar texture to a fox's tail",
      "word": "рунтав"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "Having a similar texture to a fox's tail",
      "word": "подобен на четка"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Having a similar texture to a fox's tail",
      "word": "buschig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "sense": "Having thick vegetation",
      "word": "обрасъл с храсти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "Having thick vegetation",
      "word": "pokrytý mlázím"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "British Wildlife Centre"
  ],
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}

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