lush : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lush	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lush adj produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" Synonym(s): exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" Synonym(s): lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" Synonym(s): lush, succulent n a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lush \Lush\, a. [Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr. luscious.] Full of juice or succulence. --Tennyson. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lush \Lush\, n. [Etymol uncertain; said to be fr. Lushington, name of a London brewer.] Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]