"ush" meaning in English

See ush in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /juːʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ush2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more ush [comparative], most ush [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːʒ Etymology: Clipping of usual. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|usual}} Clipping of usual Head templates: {{en-adj}} ush (comparative more ush, superlative most ush)
  1. Alternative form of uzhe; Clipping of usual. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: uzhe (extra: Clipping of usual)
    Sense id: en-ush-en-adj-mrJ0hTf1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /juːʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ush2.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -uːʒ Etymology: Clipping of usual. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|usual}} Clipping of usual Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} ush (plural not attested)
  1. Alternative form of uzhe; Clipping of usual. Tags: alt-of, alternative, no-plural Alternative form of: uzhe (extra: Clipping of usual)
    Sense id: en-ush-en-noun-mrJ0hTf1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ʌʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ush.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ushes [present, singular, third-person], ushing [participle, present], ushed [participle, past], ushed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌʃ Etymology: Back formation from usher. Etymology templates: {{m|en|usher}} usher Head templates: {{en-verb}} ush (third-person singular simple present ushes, present participle ushing, simple past and past participle ushed)
  1. (colloquial, rare, transitive and intransitive) To usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort. Tags: colloquial, intransitive, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-ush-en-verb-yP6Eai65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ush meaning in English (4.2kB)

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