plush

comparative plusher · superlative plushest

1. UKVery extravagant.
2. UKVery expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.

   They lived in a plush apartment complex.

3. Having a soft, fluffy exterior (of a man-made object, especially stuffed animals or upholstery).

   This plush toy is so cute and soft — I want it!

plural plushes

1. countableuncountableA textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.

   That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it.

   1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 108, column 4

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   Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.

   1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC

2. countableuncountableA plush toy.

   […] L.A. Prop Cinema Storage, full of kids' clothing (mostly for girls), PJs, and lots of toys and plushes (there's also a substantial infant area).

   2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012, page 759

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   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.

   2002 March 2, Billboard, volume 114, number 9, page 70

   For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it.

   2008, Lionel Birglen, Thierry Laliberté, Clément M. Gosselin, Underactuated Robotic Hands, page 94

present singular third person plushes · participle present plushing · participle past plushed · past plushed

1. transitiveTo give a soft, fluffy surface to.

   Green moss plushed the boulders that were stewn ^([sic]) about, reaching up to splash the cliffs with a velvet mantle.

   1946, Yosemite Nature Notes, page 52

1. A census-designated place in Lake County, Oregon, United States.