bushier; bushiest
1
: full of or overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush
especially
: being thick and spreading
Examples of bushy in a Sentence
an animal with a bushy tail
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Garnish with two mint crowns (the top of the plant) twisted together to form a bushy mint explosion on top.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
This dense, bushy citrus with small dark leaves produces slender green fruit about the size of a finger.
—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2025
Zendaya with a bushy bangs at a Challengers screening on January 6.
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—Michel Mejía, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2025
On June 20, 1979, President Jimmy Carter—sporting a bushy haircut and a wide necktie—invited dignitaries and reporters onto the roof of the White House to watch the installation of thirty-two solar water-heating panels.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
This dense, bushy citrus with small dark leaves produces slender green fruit about the size of a finger.
—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2025
Zendaya with a bushy bangs at a Challengers screening on January 6.
Stewart Cook / Getty Images.
—Michel Mejía, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2025
On June 20, 1979, President Jimmy Carter—sporting a bushy haircut and a wide necktie—invited dignitaries and reporters onto the roof of the White House to watch the installation of thirty-two solar water-heating panels.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Bushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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bushy
adjective
bushier; bushiest
1
: overgrown with bushes
2
: resembling a bush : being thick and spreading
a bushy beard
bushiness
noun
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