| bush | |
| 1. s. (horticulture) 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. | |
| 2. s. (slang) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva. | |
| 3. s. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree. | |
| bushes to support pea vines | |
| 4. s. (historical) 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. | |
| 5. s. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. | |
| 7. v. To set bushes for; to support with bushes. | |
| to bush peas | |
| 8. v. 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 | |
| 9. s. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant. | |
| 10. s. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated. | |
| 11. s. (Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbati | |
| 12. s. (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest. | |
| 13. s. (Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry. | |
| 14. s. (Canadian) A woodlot or bluff on a farm. | |
| 15. adv. (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback. | |
| On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own. | |
| 16. adj. (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league. | |
| They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush. | |
| 17. s. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior". | |
| 18. s. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal. | |
| 19. s. A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand. | |
| 20. s. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. | |
| 21. v. To furnish with a bush or lining. | |
| to bush a pivot hole | |
