lushen
lushen verb: to make or become lush or luscious.
Verb
lushen (third-person singular simple present lushens, present participle lushening, simple past and past participle lushened)
- 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.2006, Robert Hill, When All Is Said and Done, page 56
- Seeing, beneath age-lushened eyebrows, the look of worry in his eyes.2011, Pete Dunne, Arctic Autumn: A Journey to Season's Edge, page 189
Examples of lushen in a sentence
- Cam once explained to my brother that Stradivarius had sprinkled volcanic ash between the wood and the varnish on his violins, lushening their sound.2012, Leni Zumas, The Listeners, page 72:
- 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.2016, Amy Lane, Rampant:
Forms of lushen
| third-person singular present | lushens |
|---|---|
| present participle | lushening |
| past participle | lushened |
| past | lushened |
Origin of lushen
From lush + -en.
Questions about lushen
- What does lushen mean?
- Lushen means to make or become lush or luscious.
- How do you use lushen in a sentence?
- Cam once explained to my brother that Stradivarius had sprinkled volcanic ash between the wood and the varnish on his violins, lushening their sound.
- What part of speech is lushen?
- Lushen is a verb.
- What is the past tense of lushen?
- The past tense of lushen is lushened.
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