lushen

verb

Etymology

From lush + -en.

  1. derived from *lēy-
  2. inherited from *laskuz
  3. inherited from *laskwī̆
  4. inherited from *lysċ
  5. inherited from lusch
  6. suffixed as lushen — “lush + en

Definitions

  1. To make or become lush or luscious

    • Give me the alchemy that packaging promises, that brings out my eyes and raises my cheeks and softens my nose and lushens my lips.
    • Seeing, beneath age-lushened eyebrows, the look of worry in his eyes.
    • Cam once explained to my brother that Stradivarius had sprinkled volcanic ash between the wood and the varnish on his violins, lushening their sound.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA