bush

bush
noun
1 plant
ADJECTIVE
rose, thorn, etc.
prickly, scrubby, thorny
… OF BUSHES
clump

a large clump of rose bushes

VERB + BUSH
plant
prune, trim

to prune the rose bushes

BUSH + VERB
grow
PREPOSITION
among the bushes, in the bushes

She was hiding in the bushes at the side of the lane.

PHRASES
bushes and trees, trees and bushes
2 wild land in Africa/Australia
ADJECTIVE
dense, thick
African, Australian
native

hills that have become a wasteland after the removal of native bush

BUSH + NOUN
fire
meat (usually bushmeat)
PREPOSITION
in the bush, into the bush

They went out into the bush.


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