bush

A2
Pronunciation
/bƊƃ/
/bƊƃ/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

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.

2 Definition

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

Example Sentences
  • bushes to support pea vines
3 Definition

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.

4 Definition

A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.

5 Definition

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

6 Definition

A tavern or wine merchant.

7 Definition

(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.

8 Definition

A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

9 Definition

Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

10 Definition

A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

11 Definition

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.

12 Definition

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

2 Definition

To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

Example Sentences
  • to bush peas
3 Definition

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.

Example Sentences
  • to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground
4 Definition

To furnish with a bush or lining.

Example Sentences
  • to bush a pivot hole
Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

Example Sentences
  • They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.
Adverb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Towards the direction of the outback.

Example Sentences
  • On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.