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      bush
      noun
      (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.
      A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
      (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
      (often with "the") Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated.
      (Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
      (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
      (Canada) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
      (Canada) A wood lot or bluff on a farm.
      (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for bush league behavior
      (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
      A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
      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.
      A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
      George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993
      George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
      A surname from Middle English.
      A place name:
      A village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States; from the surname.
      An unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
      An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States; from the surname.
      A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2307).
      A hamlet in southern Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7665).
      (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.
      (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
      verb
      (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
      To become bushy (often used with up).
      To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
      To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
      (transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining; to line.
      adjective
      (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
      adverb
      (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
      Synonyms for bush
      shrubnshrubberynbramblen
      Words related to bush
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