From en.wiktionary.org:
[Plush]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en]. 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".
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[er]
1. [en] [en] Very extravagant.
2. [en] [en] Very expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent , luxurious .
3. [en] Having a soft, fluffy exterior [(of a man-made object, especially stuffed animal s or upholstery )] .
**** Derived terms
- plush animal
- plush toy
**** Translations
[having a soft, fluffy exterior]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[~]
1. A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
2. * [chapter=X]
3. * [column=4]
4. A plush toy .
5. * {{ quote-journal | en | journal=Billboard | volume=114 | issue=9 | date=2 March 2002 | page=70
|passage=When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license —
placed Care Bears PLUSHES in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls
bought the toys.}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en |plushen |plushie |plushly |plushness |plushophile |plushophilia
|plushy }}
**** Translations
[textile fabric]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lombard: [lmo]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] [Portugal] , [pt] [Brazil]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[toy]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To give a soft, fluffy surface to.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1946 | title=Yosemite Nature Notes | page=52
|passage=Green moss PLUSHED the boulders that were stewn [sic] about, reaching
up to splash the cliffs with a velvet mantle.}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
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