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bush

1  [boosh]
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–noun
1. a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
2. a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant.
3. something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair.
4. Also called bush lot. Canadian. a small, wooded lot, esp. a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc.
5. the tail of a fox; brush.
6. Geography. a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc.
7. a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle.
8. a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska.
9. a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop.
10. any tavern sign.
11. Slang: Vulgar. pubic hair.
12. Archaic. a wineshop.
–verb (used without object)
13. to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush.
–verb (used with object)
14. to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes.
–adjective
15. bush-league.
—Idioms
16. beat 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.
17. beat the bushes, to scout or search for persons or things far and wide: beating the bushes for engineers.
18. go bush, Australian.
a. to flee or escape into the bush.
b. Slang. to become wild.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME busshe, OE busc (in place-names); c. D bos wood, G Busch, ON buskr bush

Related forms:
bushless, adjective
bushlike, adjective
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bush

2  [boosh]
–noun
1. a lining of metal or the like set into an orifice to guard against wearing by friction, erosion, etc.
2. a bushing.
–verb (used with object)
3. to furnish with a bush; line with metal.
Origin:
1560–70; < MD bussche; see box 1

Bush

  [boosh]
–noun
1. Barbara (Barbara Pierce), born 1925, U.S. first lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
2. George (Herbert Walker), born 1924, U.S. politician: vice president 1981–89; 41st president of the U.S. 1989–93.
3. his son, George W(alker) (“Dubya”), born 1946, U.S. businessman and politician: governor of Texas 1994–2001; 43rd president of the U.S. since 2001.
4. Van⋅ne⋅var  [vuh-nee-vahr, -ver] , 1890–1974, U.S. electrical engineer: education and research administrator.

bush.

 
bushel; bushels.

bush⋅el

1  [boosh-uhl]
–noun
1. a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel), and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel). Abbreviation: bu., bush.
2. a container of this capacity.
3. a unit of weight equal to the weight of a bushel of a given commodity.
4. a large, unspecified amount or number: a bushel of kisses.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME bu(i)sshel < MF boissel, equiv. to boisse unit of measure (< Gaulish *bostia; cf. MIr bas, bos palm of the hand, handbreadth) + -el n. suffix
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bush 1   (bŏŏsh)   
n.  

  1. A low shrub with many branches.

  2. A thick growth of shrubs; a thicket.

    1. Land covered with dense vegetation or undergrowth.

    2. Land remote from settlement: the Australian bush.

    3. A shaggy mass, as of hair.

    4. Vulgar Slang A growth of pubic hair.

    5. Archaic A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside.

    6. Obsolete A tavern.

    1. A shaggy mass, as of hair.

    2. Vulgar Slang A growth of pubic hair.

    3. Archaic A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside.

    4. Obsolete A tavern.

  5. A fox's tail.

    1. Archaic A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside.

    2. Obsolete A tavern.

v.   bushed, bush·ing, bushes

v.   intr.

  1. To grow or branch out like a bush.

  2. To extend in a bushy growth.

v.   tr.
To decorate, protect, or support with bushes.
adj.  Slang Bush-league; second-rate: "Reviewers here have tended to see in him a kind of bush D.H. Lawrence" (Saturday Review).

[Middle English, partly from Old English busc, partly from Old French bois, wood (of Germanic origin) and partly of Scandinavian origin (akin to Danish busk). N., sense 3, possibly from Dutch bosch.]
bush 2   (bŏŏsh)   
tr.v.   bushed, bush·ing, bush·es
To furnish or line with a bushing.

[From bush, bushing, possibly alteration of Dutch bus, box.]
Bush   (bŏŏsh)   


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First Lady of the United States (1989-1993) as the wife of President George Bush. She has been active in promoting literacy.
Bush, George Herbert Walker Born 1924.  


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The 41st President of the United States (1989-1993). A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1976-1977) and vice president (1981-1989) under Ronald Reagan, as president he initiated the Gulf War (1991) in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
Bush, George Walker Born 1946.  
The 43rd president of the United States (2001-2009). A former oil company executive and governor of Texas (1994-2000), Bush defeated Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, losing the popular vote but winning a majority in the electoral college. His administration was marked by an American-led invasion of Afghanistan in response to al-Qaeda's terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, by the Iraq War, and by federal support of failed banks and insurance companies during a large-scale credit crisis.
Bush, Laura Born 1946.  
First Lady of the United States (2001-2009) as the wife of President George W. Bush. She has championed education causes and women's health issues.
Bush, Vannevar 1890-1974.  
American electrical engineer and physicist who designed (1928) the differential analyzer, an early computer, and directed the World War II effort to develop the first atomic bomb.
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Bible Dictionary

Bush

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 "in the passage or paragraph on the bush;" i.e., in Ex. 3.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

bush

see beat around the bush; beat the bushes for; bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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