| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| 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 |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| buske |
| 1. n-c. bush; a category of plants that is distinguished from trees by its multiple stems and lower height. |
| 2. n-c. (slang) bush; the pubic hair, especially that of a woman. |
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