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, 11 July 2025
Determinate tomatoes are fast growers, reaching 3 to 4 feet tall in a bushy habit, producing fruit over 4 to 5 weeks before dying back.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 July 2025
Emanuel Hershberger—Manny to his friends—has an iron handshake, a bushy chin-strap beard, and the burly shoulders of a man who spends his downtime tending a 40-acre farm without mechanized equipment.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 June 2025
Pinch it back occasionally to keep it bushy and full.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
Determinate tomatoes are fast growers, reaching 3 to 4 feet tall in a bushy habit, producing fruit over 4 to 5 weeks before dying back.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 July 2025
Emanuel Hershberger—Manny to his friends—has an iron handshake, a bushy chin-strap beard, and the burly shoulders of a man who spends his downtime tending a 40-acre farm without mechanized equipment.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 June 2025
Pinch it back occasionally to keep it bushy and full.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
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 21 Jul. 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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