bush
/bʊʃ/
Dictionary
noun
- 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
- 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"
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