Bush meaning
The definition of a bush is a woody shrub or group of shrubs.
The shrubs planted in landscaping often near a fence or front door are an example of a bush.
noun
A low shrub with many branches.
noun
A thick growth of shrubs; a thicket.
noun
A fox's tail.
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Land covered with dense vegetation or undergrowth.
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Land remote from settlement.
The Australian bush.
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A shaggy mass, as of hair.
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A growth of pubic hair.
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A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside.
noun
A tavern.
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To grow or branch out like a bush.
verb
To extend in a bushy growth.
verb
To decorate, protect, or support with bushes.
verb
Bush-league; second-rate.
adjective
To furnish or line with a bushing.
verb
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1924-2018; 41st president of the U.S. (1989-93)
proper name
1946- ; 43d president of the U.S. (2001-09): son of George.
proper name
(horticulture) 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.
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A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
Bushes to support pea vines.
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1890-1974; U.S. electrical engineer & administrator.
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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.
noun
To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
To bush peas.
verb
To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
To bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.
verb
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(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
- (Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
- (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
- (Canada) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
noun
The noun "bush", used attributively.
The bush vote; bush party; bush tucker; bush aristocracy; bush tea.
adjective
(Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.
adverb
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(colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.
adjective
(baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
The way that pitcher showed up the batter after the strikeout was bush.
noun
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.
noun
Origin of bush
From Middle English busch, busshe, from Old English busc, bysc (“copse, grove, scrub”, in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Cognate with West Frisian bosk (“woods”), Dutch bos (“woods”), German Busch (“bush”), Danish busk (“bush, shrub”), Swedish buske (“bush, shrub”), Persian بیشه (“woods”). Latin and Romance forms (Latin boscus, Occitan bòsc, French bois and buisson, Italian bosco and boscaglia, Spanish bosque, Portuguese bosque) derive from the Germanic. The sense 'pubic hair' was first attested in 1745.