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bush
1. n. (Botanique) Arbuste.
2. n. (Botanique) Buisson, arbrisseau.
3. n. (Australie) Paysage en Australie assez loin de la civilisation avec pas mal de flore.
I lost my dingo in the bush.
J'ai perdu mon dingo dans le bush.
4. n. (Nouvelle-Zélande) Paysage en Nouvelle-Zélande couvert avec beaucoup d'arbres ; forêt.
5. n. (Vulgaire) (Argot) Touffe, motte, poil pubien de femme.
6. n. (Par extension) Taverne ou marchand de vin (par synecdoque, ces établissements étant traditionnellement signalisés par une enseigne en forme de buisson).
Good wine needs no bush.
7. n. (Mécanique) Coussinet, bague, manchon.
8. n. (Mécanique) Fourrure filetée.
9. v. (Mécanique) Baguer, manchonner.
anglais > anglais
bush
1. n. (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. n. (slang) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
3. n. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
bushes to support pea vines
4. n. (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. n. (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. n. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
10. n. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
11. n.          (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. n.          (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
13. n.          (Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
14. n. (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. n. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior".
18. n. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
19. n. 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. n. 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
français > anglais
buisson
1. n-m. bush

Exemples de phrases

Stop beating around the bush and tell me the truth.      Arrête de tourner autour du pot et dis-moi la vérité. Stop beating about the bush and tell me what the problem is!      Arrête de tourner autour du pot et dis-moi quel est le problème ! Stop beating around the bush and tell me plainly what you want from me.      Arrête de tourner autour du pot et dis-moi franchement ce que tu attends de moi. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.      Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras. Do not beat around the bush; we have a problem, don't we?      Ne tournez-pas autour du pot; nous avons un problème, n'est-ce pas?

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