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bushy

/ˈbʊʃi/

Translations

bushyadjective

bushier

Comp.

bushiest

Super.

/ˈbʊʃi/

He had bushy eyebrows that gave him a stern look.

Il avait des sourcils touffus qui lui donnaient un air sévère.

Additional translations

broussailleuxEmployé pour un terrain ou un lieu couvert de broussailles.

campagnardSens australien et néo-zélandais, familier.

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bushynoun

bushies

/ˈbʊʃ.i/

Attested chiefly in Australian & NZ English meaning ‘an inhabitant of the bush; bushman’. Countable.

homme du bushAustralie, Nouvelle-Zélande.

The old bushy knew every waterhole for miles around.

Le vieil homme du bush connaissait chaque point d’eau à des kilomètres à la ronde.

bushyadjective

Having a lot of thick, dense, or tangled hair or foliage.

The garden was filled with bushy shrubs that needed trimming.

Resembling a bush in appearance or form, often used to describe eyebrows or tails.

He had bushy eyebrows that gave him a stern look.

Covered with or set thickly with bushes.

The campsite lay hidden in a bushy hollow beside the river.

Australian, NZ informal: relating to or characteristic of the bush or rural areas; rustic, unsophisticated.

They preferred the bushy lifestyle far from the city lights.

bushynoun

Australian, NZ: a person who lives or works in the bush; a bushman.

The old bushy knew every waterhole for miles around.