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Spell Bee Word: Bushy


What does bushy mean?

Word: Bushy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Bushy means growing thickly, like a bush. A bushy tail or bushy eyebrows have lots of thick hair.

Synonyms: thick, shaggy

Antonyms: sparse

How do you spell bushy?

Syllables: bush - y

Tricky part: Children sometimes write oo for the u, because it sounds like the u in push (booshy).

Watch out for: booshy, bushhy, boshy

Memory tip: Bushy, push and pull all use a plain u for that short oo sound.

Bushy in a sentence

Example 1: The squirrel has a long, bushy tail.

Example 2: Our neighbour has bushy white eyebrows.

Example 3: Dadi's tulsi plant has grown tall and bushy.

Fun Fact

A squirrel uses its bushy tail to keep its balance when it leaps between branches and to keep warm when it curls up.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

bush

a) ee
b) ey
c) ay
d) y

Show answer

d) y. Bush + y = bushy, just as rain + y = rainy.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

bushy

a) hairy
b) fluffy
c) leafy
d) thin

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d) thin. Thin hair or leaves are the opposite of bushy ones.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa trimmed his busshy moustache before the wedding.

a) moustache
b) wedding
c) busshy
d) trimmed

Show answer

c) busshy. Bush has one s, and so does bushy.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) fethery
b) squirel
c) bushy
d) shagy

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c) bushy. Feathery keeps the ea of feather, shaggy doubles its g and squirrel has two r's; bushy is spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal has a bushy tail?

a) a cow
b) a fox
c) a rat
d) a lizard

Show answer

b) a fox

2. Bushy comes from bush. Which of these is a bush?

a) a blade of grass
b) a rose plant
c) a coconut tree
d) a lotus

Show answer

b) a rose plant

Associated Words

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