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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In Finland, many believed the northern lights to be the artwork of a celestial fox, dazzling the sky with its bushy tail.
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Una Gísladóttir, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Humpback whales have a bushy balloon-like blow that rises 6 to 10 feet high.
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This perennial shrub or small, bushy tree has showy panicles of deep red flowers 6 to 10 inches long on fine-toothed, glossy, dark green palmate leaves.
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Una Gísladóttir, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Cannabis indica plants are typically short and bushy with wide leaves.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 17 Dec. 2024
Humpback whales have a bushy balloon-like blow that rises 6 to 10 feet high.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
This perennial shrub or small, bushy tree has showy panicles of deep red flowers 6 to 10 inches long on fine-toothed, glossy, dark green palmate leaves.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bushy
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“Bushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushy. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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