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bush (bo̵os̸h)

noun

  1. a woody plant having many stems branching out low instead of one main stem or trunk; shrub
  2. a thicket of shrubs
  3. anything resembling a bush; esp.,
    1. a thickly furred tail
    2. Slang a beard
  4. ☆

    Etymology: < Colonial Du bosch, bush

    shrubby woodland or uncleared country, esp. wild or unsettled frontier country: usually with the
    1. a branch of ivy as a symbol for wine, formerly used on tavern signboards
    2. Obsolete a tavern

Etymology: ME < OE busc (in place names) < WGmc *busk-; ME busk, bosk < ML boscus < Frank busk, of same WGmc orig.

intransitive verb

to grow thickly or spread out like a bush

transitive verb

to decorate, cover, or surround with bushes

adjective

☆

Etymology: see bush league

Slang unprofessional, cheap, petty, etc.
bush Idioms

beat around the bush

to talk around a subject without getting to the point

the bushes

☆
Slang rural or small-town districts
bush2 definition

bush (bo̵os̸h)

noun

bushing

Etymology: MDu busse, box < ML buxis: see box

transitive verb

to fit with a bushing
Bush definition

Bush (bo̵os̸h)

  1. Bush, George (Herbert Walker) 1924-; 41st president of the U.S. (1989-93)
  2. Bush, George W(alker) 1946-; 43d president of the U.S. (2001-): son of George
  3. (bo̵os̸h)
    Bush, Vannevar (və nē′vär) 1890-1974; U.S. electrical engineer & administrator

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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bush Synonyms

bush

n.

  1. A woody plant

    shrub, bramble, thicket, hedge, shrubbery; see also hedge, plant.

  2. A wild region

    hinterland, backcountry, backwoods; see country 1, forest.

beat around the bush

speak indirectly, speak evasively, avoid the subject, avoid the issue, be deceptive; see also evade 1.


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bush Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • overgrow: He agreed and two weeks ago discovered the joys of speeding humps, raised slabs, potholes and overgrown bushes.

Adjective modifier

  • thorny: Running she tore her dress on a thorny bush revealing all her beauty.

Modifies a noun

  • tucker: Mom is holding some freshly hunted ' bush tucker ' lizards ( Aboriginal food ).

Noun used with modifier

  • gorse: It turned right with gorse bushes in the hedge giving extra color.
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bush quotes

   In the licorice fields at Pontefract My love and I did meet And many a burdened licorice bush Was blooming round our feet; Red hair she had and golden skin, Her sulky lips were shaped for sin, Her sturdy legs were flannel-slack'd, The strongest legs in Pontefract.

-Betjeman, SirJohn

   And the angel of the L appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, thebushburnedwithfire,andthebushwasnotconsumed.

-Bible (Old Testament)

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God.

-Browning, Elizabeth ne¤  e Barrett

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