bush

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/bʊʃ/ English

Definitions

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.“bushes to support pea vines”
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.
A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
To set bushes for; to support with bushes.“to bush peas”
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”

(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

Towards the direction of the outback.“On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.”

Not skilled; not professional; not major league.“They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.”

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.