adj
Meaning 1
Very extravagant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Standard Lemma guide
plush
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Very expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Examples
- They lived in a plush apartment complex.
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adj
Meaning 3
Having a soft, fluffy exterior (of a man-made object, especially stuffed animals or upholstery).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This plush toy is so cute and soft — I want it!
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name
Meaning 4
A census-designated place in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A plush toy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 7
To give a soft, fluffy surface to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
characterized by extravagance and profusion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a lavish buffet
- a lucullan feast
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lavish, lucullan, lush, plushy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
Etymology
From French peluche (“fluff, plush”). The fact that historically (in past centuries) plush upholstery was so expensive as to be socially exclusive undoubtedly connects the senses of "luxurious" and "soft".
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 極其鋪張的 /极其铺张的 (jíqī pūzhāng de) — very extravagant
- Chinese Mandarin: 揮霍無度的 /挥霍无度的 (huīhuòwúdù de) — very extravagant
- Finnish: tuhlaileva — very extravagant
- Finnish: törsäilevä — very extravagant
- Polish: ekstrawagancki — very extravagant
- Chinese Mandarin: 非常昂貴的 /非常昂贵的 (fēicháng ángguì de) — opulent; luxurious
- Chinese Mandarin: 奢華的 /奢华的 (shēhuá de) — opulent; luxurious
- Chinese Mandarin: 豪華的 /豪华的 (háohuá de) — opulent; luxurious
- Finnish: ylellinen — opulent; luxurious
- Polish: luksusowy — opulent; luxurious
- Polish: komfortowy — opulent; luxurious
- Polish: wygodny — opulent; luxurious
- Bulgarian: плю́шен (pljúšen) — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Chinese Mandarin: 柔軟蓬鬆的 /柔软蓬松的 (róuruǎn péngsōng de) — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Chinese Mandarin: 毛絨絨的 /毛绒绒的 (máoróngróng de) — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Esperanto: pluŝa — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Finnish: nukkapintainen — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Finnish: pehmeä — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Polish: pluszowy — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Spanish: suave — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Spanish: felpudo — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Spanish: afelpado — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Spanish: lene — having a soft, fluffy exterior
- Belarusian: плюш (pljuš) — textile fabric
- Bulgarian: плюш (pljuš) — textile fabric
- Chinese Mandarin: 長毛絨 /长毛绒 (chángmáoróng) — textile fabric
- Czech: plyš — textile fabric
- Dutch: pluche — textile fabric
- Esperanto: pluŝo — textile fabric
- Estonian: plüüš — textile fabric
- Finnish: plyysikangas — textile fabric
- Finnish: teddykangas — textile fabric
- French: peluche — textile fabric
- Galician: felpa — textile fabric
- German: Plüsch — textile fabric
- Hungarian: plüss — textile fabric
- Italian: felpa — textile fabric
- Japanese: フラシテン (purashi-ten) — textile fabric
- Japanese: フラシ天 (purashi-ten) — textile fabric
- Korean: 플러시 (peulleosi) — textile fabric
- Lombard: pelusc — textile fabric
- Polish: plusz — textile fabric
- Portuguese: peluche — textile fabric
- Portuguese: pelúcia — textile fabric
- Romanian: pluș — textile fabric
- Russian: плюш (pljuš) — textile fabric
- Serbo-Croatian: плиш — textile fabric
- Serbo-Croatian: pliš — textile fabric
- Spanish: felpa — textile fabric
- Swedish: plysch — textile fabric
- Turkish: pelüş — textile fabric
- Ukrainian: плюш (pljuš) — textile fabric
- Yiddish: פּליוש (plyush) — textile fabric
- Chinese Mandarin: 使變柔軟蓬鬆 /使变柔软蓬松 (shǐ biàn róuruǎn péngsōng) — to give a soft, fluffy surface to
- Chinese Mandarin: 起毛 (qǐmáo) — to give a soft, fluffy surface to
- Finnish: pöyhöttää — to give a soft, fluffy surface to
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