bushy

Everyday

1. Growing thickly, with lots of hair, fur or leaves: a bushy tail, bushy eyebrows, a bushy beard. tree →
2. Covered with bushes: bushy land. tree →

In the lessons

In descriptions bushy shows thickness and fluffiness: a squirrel's bushy tail, a professor's bushy eyebrows, a bushy hedge. In nature lessons a fox or squirrel uses its bushy tail for balance and warmth. The phrase "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed" means lively and keen.

Examples

• The squirrel waved its bushy tail. tree →
• Grandpa has big, bushy eyebrows. tree →
• The fox has a long, bushy tail. tree →
• The pirate had a bushy black beard. tree →
• Trim the bushy hedge before it covers the path. tree →
• You look bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning! tree →
• "Well, but Uncle Remus, you said rabbits had long, bushy tails," replied the little boy. tree →

Note

Forms: bushy, bushier, bushiest (y → i). From "bush". Opposite: thin, sparse. In Australia, "the bush" means wild country, but "bushy" still just means thick and fluffy.