Sekirov Dictionary

bush

/ˈbʊʃ/

noun 16
verb 5
adjective 1
adverb 1
forms 6
phrases 4

noun16

a woody plant that grows low and wide and splits into many parts near the ground, unlike a tree
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(Australia, Canada) Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated, typically distinguished from absolute wilderness by implying a degree of marginal human engagement or proximity to settlement edges.
- The Gentlemen took to the Bush and escaped being made prisoners. — 1779
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(Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
- I remember, about five years ago, I was greatly annoyed by a ghost, while doing a job of fencing in the bush between here and Perth. — 1894
(New-Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
(Canada) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
(Canada) A wood lot or bluff on a farm.
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(slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
- I rub her bush with my cheek and my chin, tickle her bonne-bouche with my tongue. — 1941
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.
A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
Amateurish behavior, short for bush league behavior
The tail, or brush, of a fox.
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(historical) 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.
- If it be true, that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true, that a good play needes no Epilogue. — 1598
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(dialect, no longer used) A thicket, a small wood, or a tract of uncleared, woody land.
- We saw a bush of wood, and in the heart of it a little open space. — 1894
(no longer used) A tavern or wine merchant.

verb5

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To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
- Around it, and above, for ever green, / The bushing alders form'd a shady scene. — 1726
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To become bushy (often used with up).
- I can tell when my cat is upset because he’ll bush up his tail.
To furnish with a bush or lining; to line.
To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
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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

adjective1

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(informal) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
- They’re supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.

adverb1

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(Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
- On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.

forms

bushed · bushing · bushes · more bush · bushiest · most bush

Phrases with bush

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