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bush
/ˈbʊʃ/
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What does bush mean?
noun
- A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
- A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
- The tail, or brush, of a fox.
More meanings (28)
verb
- To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
- To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
- To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
- To become bushy (often used with up).
- To furnish with a bush or lining; to line.
noun
- Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated, typically distinguished from absolute wilderness by implying a degree of marginal human engagement or proximity to settlement edges.
- The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
- An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
- The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
- A wood lot or bluff on a farm.
- Amateurish behavior, short for bush league behavior
- A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
- A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
- A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
- (archaic) A thicket, a small wood, or a tract of uncleared, woody land.
- (historical) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
- (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
- (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
adverb
- Towards the direction of the outback.
adjective
- Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
proper noun
- A surname from Middle English.
- George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993
- George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
- A village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States; from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States; from the surname.
- A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2307).
- A hamlet in southern Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7665).
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IPA pronunciation
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It was a little dialogue between asters and sweet-peas, wild canaries in the lilac bush, and the guardian spirit of the garden.
He stood across in the other garden, beside a bush of pale Michaelmas daisies, watching the last bees crawl into the hive.
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They come directly to the point, without much preface or introduction, much less is there any circumlocution or "beating about the bush".
Finally, across a glade, not over a hundred and fifty yards away, we saw a solitary bull oryx standing under a bush.
If you persistently follow it too closely, away it flies, then suddenly drops to the ground where a scrubby bush affords protection.