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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bush1 /bʊʃ/USA pronunciation n. - Botany[countable] a low plant with many branches that arise from near the ground.
- something resembling or suggesting this:[countable]a large bush of hair.
- [uncountable* usually: the + ~]
- a large uncleared area covered with plant growth:Our cat disappeared into the bush that night.
- a large, mostly uncleared area with few people.
Idioms- Idioms beat around or about the bush, to avoid talking about a subject directly:beat around the bush for a while before asking for permission to marry their daughter.
bush., an abbreviation of:- bushel.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bush1 (bŏŏsh),USA pronunciation n. - Botanya low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
- Botanya small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant.
- something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair.
- British TermsAlso called bush lot. [Canadian.]a small, wooded lot, esp. a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc.
- Zoologythe tail of a fox;
brush. - [Geog.]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.
- Slang Terms(vulgar). pubic hair.
- [Archaic.]a wineshop.
- Idioms beat around or about the bush, to avoid coming to the point;
delay in approaching a subject directly:Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want. - Idioms beat the bushes, to scout or search for persons or things far and wide:beating the bushes for engineers.
- British Terms, Idioms go bush, [Australian.]
- 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.
- bef. 1000; Middle English busshe, Old English busc (in place-names); cognate with Dutch bos wood, German Busch, Old Norse buskr bush
bush′less, adj. bush′like′, adj. bush2 (bŏŏsh),USA pronunciation n. - Metallurgya lining of metal or the like set into an orifice to guard against wearing by friction, erosion, etc.
- Metallurgya bushing.
v.t. - Metallurgyto furnish with a bush;
line with metal.
- Middle Dutch bussche; see box1
- 1560–70
Bush (bŏŏsh),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical George (Herbert Walker), born 1924, U.S. politician: vice president 1981–89; 41st president of the U.S. 1989–93.
Van•ne•var (və nē′vär, -vər),USA pronunciation 1890–1974, U.S. electrical engineer: education and research administrator.bush., - Weights and Measuresbushel;
bushels.
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