Bush

  • 51bush — n. 1) to prune, trim a bush 2) (misc.) to beat about/around the bush ( to speak indirectly ) * * * [bʊʃ] trim a bush to prune (misc.) to beat about/around the bush ( to speak indirectly ) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 52bush */*/ — UK [bʊʃ] / US noun Word forms bush : singular bush plural bushes 1) [countable] a plant that is smaller than a tree and has a lot of thin branches growing close together a holly/rose/currant bush 2) the bush areas in hot countries like Australia… …

    English dictionary

  • 53Bush —    In which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say what particular kind of plant or bush is here meant. Probably it was the mimosa or acacia. The words in the bush in Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37, mean… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 54bush — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, afforestation, arboretum, back country, backcountry, backwash, backwater, backwoods, barren, barren land, barrens, boondock, boondocks, borderland, bramble, brier, brier bush,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 55bush — I Australian Slang 1. hinterland, Outback, anywhere that isn t in town; 2. the bush untamed scrub, woods, forests of rural Australia in its natural state; rural Australia in general; 3. pubic hair; 4. rough it; camp out: bushing it under the… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 56Bush — bʊʃ n. family name; George Walker Bush (born 1946), 43rd president of the United States (2001 ), former governor of Texas, son of George Herbert Walker Bush; George Herbert Walker Bush (born 1924), 41st president of the United States (1989… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 57bush — noun (C) 1 a low thick plant smaller than a tree and with a lot of thin branches: a rose bush 2 the bush wild country that has not been cleared, especially in Australia or Africa see also: beat about the bush beat 1 (14) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 58bush — noun 1) a rose bush Syn: shrub, brier; (bushes) undergrowth, shrubbery 2) out in the bush Syn: wilds, wilderness, forest, woodland, timberland, bush country, bushland …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 59bush — See: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 60bush — See: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH …

    Dictionary of American idioms