a large uncleared area covered with plant growth:Our cat disappeared into the bush that night.
a large, mostly uncleared area with few people.
Idioms
Idiomsbeat around or about the bush, to avoid talking about a subject directly:beat around the bush for a while before asking for permission to marry their daughter.
Botanya low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
Botanya small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant.
something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair.
British TermsAlso called bush lot.[Canadian.]a small, wooded lot, esp. a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc.
Zoologythe tail of a fox; brush.
[Geog.]a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc.
a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle.
a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska.
a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop.
any tavern sign.
Slang Terms(vulgar). pubic hair.
[Archaic.]a wineshop.
Idiomsbeat around or about the bush, to avoid coming to the point; delay in approaching a subject directly:Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want.
Idiomsbeat the bushes, to scout or search for persons or things far and wide:beating the bushes for engineers.
British Terms, Idiomsgo bush, [Australian.]
to flee or escape into the bush.
[Slang.]to become wild.
v.i.
to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush.
v.t.
to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes.
adj.
bush-league.
bef. 1000; Middle English busshe, Old English busc (in place-names); cognate with Dutch bos wood, German Busch, Old Norse buskr bush
bush′less, adj. bush′like′, adj.
bush2(bŏŏsh),USA pronunciationn.
Metallurgya lining of metal or the like set into an orifice to guard against wearing by friction, erosion, etc.
Metallurgya bushing.
v.t.
Metallurgyto furnish with a bush; line with metal.
Middle Dutch bussche; see box1
1560–70
Bush(bŏŏsh),USA pronunciationn.
BiographicalGeorge (Herbert Walker), born 1924, U.S. politician: vice president 1981–89; 41st president of the U.S. 1989–93.
Van•ne•var(və nē′vär, -vər),USA pronunciation 1890–1974, U.S. electrical engineer: education and research administrator. bush.,
a dense woody plant, smaller than a tree, with many branches arising from the lower part of the stem; shrub
a dense cluster of such shrubs; thicket
something resembling a bush, esp in density: a bush of hair
the bush ⇒ an uncultivated or sparsely settled area, esp in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada: usually covered with trees or shrubs, varying from open shrubby country to dense rainforest
an area of land on a farm on which timber is grown and cut Also called:bush lot, woodlot
the bush ⇒ the countryside, as opposed to the city: out in the bush
a bunch of ivy hung as a vintner's sign in front of a tavern
beat about the bush ⇒ to avoid the point at issue; prevaricate
rough-and-ready
unprofessional, unpolished, or second-rate
go bush ⇒ to abandon city amenities and live rough
(intransitive)to grow thick and bushy
(transitive)to cover, decorate, support, etc, with bushes
bush it ⇒ (transitive)to camp out in the bush
Etymology: 13th Century: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse buski, Old High German busc, Middle Dutch bosch; related to Old French bosc wood, Italian bosco
bush/bʊʃ/
a thin metal sleeve or tubular lining serving as a bearing or guide
to fit a bush to (a casing, bearing, etc)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Middle Dutch busse box, bush; related to German Büchse tin, Swedish hjulbōssa wheel-box, Late Latin buxisbox1
'row of bushes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):