thrush

[US]/θrʌʃ/
[UK]/θrʌʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a songbird with brownish-gray plumage
a female singer who performs popular songs
a fungal infection in the mouth, also known as hoof thrush in horses

Example Sentences

mistletoe thrush (=mistle thrush)

American thrushes: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery.

Song: A long, Thrush-like, somewhat halting melody, often with a ventriloquial quality.

The thrush sang a beautiful melody in the garden.

She spotted a thrush building a nest in the tree.

The thrush's distinctive song filled the forest.

I saw a thrush hopping around the backyard.

The thrushes are known for their melodious singing.

A thrush nested in the eaves of our house.

The thrushes migrate south for the winter.

I heard a thrush calling from the treetops.

The thrushes feast on berries and insects.

The thrush's plumage was a mix of brown and white.

Real-world Examples

" Nest" time don't be in such a " thrush" .

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2021 Collection

That, my dear Oin is a thrush. -But we'll take it as a sign. A good omen.

Source: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Many birds, such as thrushes and blackbirds, feed on snails.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

There's a merry brown thrush sitting up in a tree He's singing to me! he's singing to me!

Source: American Elementary School English 5

Our final species is the finest of bird singers, the song thrush.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 9

I checked your mouth for thrush. You can rub your own chest.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

The frogs is part of it and bugs and fish and wood thrush, too.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

This can lead to other symptoms, including feeling really thirsty or genital itching and thrush.

Source: Festival Comprehensive Record

One early thrush gave me a note or two as I drove along the woodland path.

Source: Selected Works from Walden Pond

He already had a thrush on his fork when heart-rending sobs were to be heard.

Source: Goose Palm Queen Barbecue Restaurant (Part 2)

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