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A bush is a woody shrub or group of shrubs. (noun)

The shrubs planted in landscaping often near a fence or front door are an example of a bush.

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(bo͝osh)

noun

A low shrub with many branches.
A thick growth of shrubs; a thicket.
a. Land covered with dense vegetation or undergrowth.
b. Land remote from settlement: the Australian bush.
a. A shaggy mass, as of hair.
b. Vulgar Slang A growth of pubic hair.
A fox's tail.
a. Archaic A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside.
b. Obsolete A tavern.

verb bushed bushed, bush·ing, bushes

verb, intransitive

To grow or branch out like a bush.
To extend in a bushy growth.

verb, transitive

To decorate, protect, or support with bushes.

adjective

Slang Bush-league; second-rate: “Reviewers here have tended to see in him a kind of bush D.H. Lawrence” (Saturday Review).

(bo͝osh)

transitive verb bushed bushed, bush·ing, bush·es

To furnish or line with a bushing.

(bo͝osh), Barbara Born 1925.

First Lady of the United States (1989-1993) as the wife of President George Bush. She has been active in promoting literacy.

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Barbara Bush

, George Herbert Walker Born 1924.

The 41st President of the United States (1989-1993). A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1976-1977) and vice president (1981-1989) under Ronald Reagan, as president he initiated the Gulf War (1991) in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.

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George Bush

, George Walker Born 1946.

The 43rd president of the United States (2001-2009). A former oil company executive and governor of Texas (1994-2000), Bush defeated Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, losing the popular vote but winning a majority in the electoral college. His administration was marked by an American-led invasion of Afghanistan in response to al-Qaeda's terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, by the Iraq War, and by federal support of failed banks and insurance companies during a large-scale credit crisis.

, Laura Born 1946.

First Lady of the United States (2001-2009) as the wife of President George W. Bush. She has championed education causes and women's health issues.

, Vannevar 1890-1974.

American electrical engineer and physicist who designed (1928) the differential analyzer, an early computer, and directed the World War II effort to develop the first atomic bomb.

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