bush
IPA: bˈʊʃ
noun
- (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.
- A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
- (historical) 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.
- (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
- (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
- (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
- (often with "the") Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely 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.
- (Canada) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
- (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
- A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
- 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.
- A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
- A surname from Middle English.
- George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993
- George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
verb
- (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
- To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
- To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
- To become bushy (often used with up).
- (transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining; to line.
adjective
- (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
adverb
- (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
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Examples of "bush" in Sentences
- I saw a rabbit in bush.
- The smugglers fled into the bush.
- Something is rustling in the bushes.
- The Bush Administration denied the allegations.
- Bush is on the board of directors of the company.
- The order includes trees and bushes, lianas and herbaceous plants.
- Backhill of Bush is behind the trees on the left edge of the picture.
- The trees and bushes grow over top of the path, which makes it spooky.
- Kanji bush is a gnarled tree with corky bark and spiny foliage and stems.
- They forage on the ground but clamber in low bushes and roost in low trees.