Bush definition
The shrubs planted in landscaping often near a fence or front door are an example of a bush.
The Australian bush.
Bushes to support pea vines.
To bush peas.
To bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.
- (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.
The bush vote; bush party; bush tucker; bush aristocracy; bush tea.
On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.
They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.
The way that pitcher showed up the batter after the strikeout was bush.
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Origin of bush
- Middle English partly from Old English busc partly from Old French bois wood (of Germanic origin) and partly of Scandinavian origin (akin to Danish busk) N., sense 3, possibly from Dutch bosch
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From bush bushing possibly alteration of Dutch bus box
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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.
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- From Middle Dutch bosch (modern bos) ("wood, forest"), first appearing in the Dutch colonies to designate an uncleared district of a colony, and thence adopted in British colonies as bush.
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- Either the family name for those who live near a bush or a thicket of bushes, or the family name for those living at or near a bush (in the archaic sense of wine merchant or tavern).
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- From Middle Dutch busse 'box; wheel bushing', from Proto-Germanic *buhsiz (compare English box). More at box.
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- From the sign of a bush usually employed to indicate such places.
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- Back-formation from bush league.
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