Bush

  • 41bush — 1. n. 1 a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length. 2 a thing resembling this, esp. a clump of hair or fur. 3 (esp. in Australia and Africa) a wild uncultivated district; woodland or forest. 4 hist. a bunch of ivy as a vintner s… …

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  • 42bush — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German busc forest Date: 14th century 1. a. shrub; especially a low densely branched shrub b. a close thicket of shrubs suggesting a single plant 2. a large uncleared or …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 43bush — 1. noun /bʊʃ/ a) A horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant that is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height; usually less than six metres tall. The way that pitcher showed up the batter after… …

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  • 44bush — 01. The cat slowly approached the [bush] where the mouse was hiding. 02. We have a beautiful rose [bush] growing just outside our front door. 03. The desert of Kuwait is spotted with patches of coarse, weedy grass and small [bushes]. 04. The… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 45bush — noun 1 plant ADJECTIVE ▪ rose, thorn, etc. ▪ prickly, scrubby, thorny … OF BUSHES ▪ clump …

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  • 46bush — I [[t]bʊʃ[/t]] n. 1) bot a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground 2) bot a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant 3) something resembling or suggesting this, as a shaggy head of hair 4) zool. a fox s tail 5)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 47bush — [[t]b ʊʃ[/t]] bushes 1) N COUNT A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches. Trees and bushes grew down to the water s edge. Syn: shrub 2) N SING: usu the N, oft N n The wild, uncultivated parts of some hot… …

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  • 48bush — I. adj provincial or primitive. A term that can mean either rural or second rate, or both. Much used in Australia in expressions such as bush scrubber and bush law yer and, to a lesser extent, in the USA where it is often in the form bush league …

    Contemporary slang

  • 49Bush — /boosh/, n. 1. George (Herbert Walker), born 1924, U.S. politician: vice president 1981 89; 41st president of the U.S. 1989 93. 2. George W(alker) ( Dubya ), born 1946, U.S. businessman and politician: governor of Texas 1994 2001; 43rd president… …

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  • 50Bush — This is not only one of the earliest of all recorded surnames in the Old World (see below), it is also one of the very first in the New , John Bush of London, being recorded as living at Elizabeth Cittie, Virginea on February 16th 1623, in the… …

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