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
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"