Bush definition
To extend in a bushy growth.
verb
A low shrub with many branches.
noun
(person) 1924-2018; 41st president of the U.S. (1989-93)
proper name
(slang) Bush-league; second-rate.
adjective
To furnish or line with a bushing.
verb
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(person) 1946- ; 43d president of the U.S. (2001-09): son of George.
proper name
A thick growth of shrubs; a thicket.
noun
To grow or branch out like a bush.
verb
To decorate, protect, or support with bushes.
verb
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
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A fox's tail.
noun
Land covered with dense vegetation or undergrowth.
noun
Land remote from settlement.
The Australian bush.
noun
A shaggy mass, as of hair.
noun
(vulgar slang) A growth of pubic hair.
noun
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(archaic) A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside.
noun
(obsolete) A tavern.
noun
(person) 1890-1974; U.S. electrical engineer & administrator.
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.
noun
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A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
Bushes to support pea vines.
noun
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
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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
(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
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(Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.
adverb
(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
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Alternative Forms
Alternative Form of bush -
-bouche
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
bush
Plural:
bushesAdjective
Base Form:
bush
Superlative:
bushiestOrigin 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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