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bush
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] der Busch, der Strauch, das Gebüsch
3. [2] Bezeichnung für wilde Landschaft in Afrika, Kanada und Australien
Englisch > Englisch
bush
1. subst. (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. subst. (slang) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
3. subst. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
bushes to support pea vines
4. subst. (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. subst. (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. subst. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
10. subst. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
11. subst.          (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. subst.          (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
13. subst.          (Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
14. subst. (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. subst. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior".
18. subst. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
19. subst. 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. subst. 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
Deutsch > Englisch
Busch
1. subst. bush, shrub
Du musst mal den großen Busch im Vorgarten beschneiden. - You need to cut back that big shrub in the front yard.
2. subst. bushes, thicket, brush, scrub, copse (densely vegetated area with mainly smaller plants and some trees)
Wir müssen uns hier nicht durch den Busch kämpfen: Da hinten ist ein Weg. - We don't have to battle our way through the bushes here: over there is a path.
3. subst. (informal, pejorative) boondocks, the middle of nowhere; a remote, rural area
Wir sitzen hier irgendwo im Busch und haben keine Ahnung, wo wir lang müssen. - We're sitting here somewhere in the middle of nowhere and have no clue which way to go.
4. subst. (literary, dated, or regional) woodland, small forest, grove, wooded countryside
5. Proper noun. surname, common

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Beispielsätze

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.      Der Sperling in der Hand ist besser als die Taube auf dem Dach. Stop beating around the bush.      Hör auf, um den heißen Brei herumzureden! Believe it or not, a monster emerged from the bush.      Ob du es glaubst oder nicht, ein Ungeheuer tauchte aus dem Busch auf. We found the stolen bag in this bush.      Wir fanden die gestohlene Tasche in diesem Busch. Stop beating around the bush and tell us what you really think.      Hör auf, um den heißen Brei herumzureden, und sag uns, was du wirklich denkst.

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