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bush: Meaning and Definition of
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bush
Pronunciation:
(boosh),
[key]
— n.
a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant.
something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair.
Also calleda small, wooded lot, esp. a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc.
the tail of a fox; brush.
a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc.
a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle.
a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska.
a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop.
any tavern sign.
. pubic hair.
a wineshop.
to avoid coming to the point; delay in approaching a subject directly:
Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want.
to scout or search for persons or things far and wide:
beating the bushes for engineers.
to flee or escape into the bush.
Slang.to become wild.
—v.i.
to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush.
—v.t.
to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes.
—adj.
bush-league.
bush
Pronunciation:
(boosh),
[key]
— n.
a lining of metal or the like set into an orifice to guard against wearing by friction, erosion, etc.
a bushing.
—v.t.
to furnish with a bush; line with metal.
Bush
Pronunciation:
(boosh),
[key]
— n.
born 1924, U.S. politician: vice president 1981–89; 41st president of the U.S. 1989–93.
1890–1974, U.S. electrical engineer: education and research administrator.
bush.
Pronunciation:
[key]
bushel; bushels.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
bush
(Thesaurus)
busgirl
bush baby
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