Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lushen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lushen
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or become lush or luscious

Example Sentences

"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."
"And then he slid away. She was going to say something, but she was warm and soft—so soft, I couldn't stop running my hands along her lushening curves."

Etymology

From lush + -en.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lush

Inflected Forms

lushens (present, singular) lushening (participle, present) lushened (participle, past) lushened (past)

Questions

What does lushen mean?: To make or become lush or luscious
Where does lushen come from?: From lush + -en.

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