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bush

/bʊʃ/

noun

Meaning

  • A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

  • A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

    "bushes to support pea vines"

  • 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.

  • A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.

  • The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Synonyms

shrub

verb

Meaning

  • To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

  • To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

    "to bush peas"

  • 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"