rushy

Full of reeds

Rushy means abounding in or covered with rushes—the grasslike marsh plants.

It describes boggy or wetland areas where rushes grow thickly: the rushy banks of the stream, a rushy meadow.

The word is uncommon outside literary or regional usage.

wetland

marsh

Grassy waterlogged lowland

bogAcidic peat wetland
fenLow marshy ground
mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain

swamp · peatland · slough · quagmire · bayou · moor · waterlogged · squelchy · muddy · sodden

reeds

bulrushes

Tall wetland sedges

sedgesGrasslike wetland plants
cattailsTall wetland reed
bitternStocky marsh heron

snipe · dragonflies · waterfowl · amphibians · basketry · thatching · matting · woven · riverside · streamside

overgrown

tangled

Twisted confusedly together

wildNot domesticated or controlled
unkemptUntidy in appearance
neglectedNot given proper attention

choked · overrun · dense · thick · matted · entangled · weedy · impenetrable · rank · uncultivated

Opposites

vegetation type

Having no woods

unwooded · barren · bare · wooded · forested

moisture/terrain

rushydry

Free from moisture

arid · parched · desert · xeric · barren

Phrases

in a rushPressed for time
no rushNo urgency here
rush hourBusiest commuting period
gold rushMass migration seeking ore
sugar rushEnergy spike from sweets
rush inEnter hastily and recklessly

Family

rush, rushed, rushing, rushes, unrushed, rusher, rushee, outrushed, rushers

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