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bush

/bʊʃ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
  3. 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. A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
  5. The tail, or brush, of a fox.
  6. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
  7. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
  8. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
  9. A tavern or wine merchant.
  10. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
  11. A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
  12. Towards the direction of the outback.
  13. Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
  14. Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
  15. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
  16. 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.
  17. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
  18. To furnish with a bush or lining.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data