From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Gardeninglushlush1 /lʌʃ/ adjective1HBPDLGplants that are lush grow many leaves and look healthy and stronga lush green mountainous islandThe fields were lush with grass and flowers.2BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGvery beautiful, comfortable, and expensiveSYN luxuriouslush carpets3lush music has a lot of pleasant-sounding instruments or voices togetherlush vocal harmonies4informal very attractive or nice – used especially by young peopleHe looks so lush in this pic!Examples from the Corpuslush• Mistfernsdaily with plasticspraybottle to keep them green and lush.• It was green, lush and luxuriant, ringed by the mountains with snowypeaks.• lushfabrics• a lushgarden• First, we need a long, warm, unbroken growing season to provide a plentifuldiet of lush herbage.• The famous walls and ramparts of the city, now surroundlushlawns and leafy trees.• Similarly, Colescott paints big, lushnarrativeacrylics on canvas, hard-hitting narrative works that travel across time and history.• They have lush stands of elm trees and will requireminimal leveling.lushlush2 noun [countable]informalMIDRUNK an alcoholicExamples from the Corpuslush• This is a film to make you feel fabulous about being a lush.• See, the dude is a lush and we give him time to get mellow.• It sketches the usual story of Meurent, the model who dabbled in painting, who was a lush and promiscuous.• What are you drinking, you big lush?• You'll see her sitting at the bar all day. She's a real lush.• This lush, seething insularity-what am I supposed to be learning, what are the lessons here?Originlush1(1400-1500) Perhaps from Old Frenchlache"soft, loose"lush2(1700-1800) Perhaps from → LUSH1