10 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), noun [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr,
b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus,
buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF.
bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain;
if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a
case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.]
1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
forest.
Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the
Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In
this sense it is extensively used in the British
colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also
in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the
bush.
2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
flowers. --Gascoigne.
3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
bushes to support pea vines.
4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to
Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern
sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern
itself.
If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
{To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a
round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
metaphor taken from hunting.
{Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and
requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety nanus).
See {Bean}, 1.
{Bush buck}, or {Bush goat} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful South
African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called
because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is
also applied to other species.
{Bush cat} (Zo["o]l.), the serval. See {Serval}.
{Bush chat} (Zo["o]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of
the Thrush family.
{Bush dog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Potto}.
{Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary.
{Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}.
{Bush hog} (Zo["o]l.), a South African wild hog
({Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig},
and {water hog}.
{Bush master} (Zo["o]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus})
of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}.
{Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
{Bush shrike} (Zo["o]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus},
and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species
inhabit tropical America.
{Bush tit} (Zo["o]l.), a small bird of the genus
{Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {Psaltriparus
minimus} inhabits California.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bush \Bush\, noun [D. bus a box, akin to E. box; or F. boucher to
plug.]
1. (Mech.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble
or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part
of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.
--Knight.
Note: In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box,
particularly in the United States.
2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through
which the venthole is bored. --Farrow.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bush \Bush\, verb (used with an object)
To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), verb (used without an object)
To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. ''The bushing
alders.'' --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bush \Bush\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bushed} (b[.u]sht); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bushing}.]
1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush
peas.
2. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown;
to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to
bush seeds into the ground.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bush
adjective: not of the highest quality or sophistication [syn: {bush-league}]
noun
1: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major
branches [syn: {shrub}]
2: a large wilderness area
3: dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes [syn:
{scrub}, {chaparral}]
4: 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert
Walker Bush (born in 1946) [syn: {George Bush}, {George W.
Bush}, {George Walker Bush}, {President Bush}, {President
George W. Bush}, {Dubyuh}, {Dubya}]
5: United States electrical engineer who designed an early
analogue computer and who led the scientific program of
the United States during World War II (1890-1974) [syn: {Vannevar
Bush}]
6: Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United
States (born in 1924) [syn: {George Bush}, {George H.W.
Bush}, {George Herbert Walker Bush}, {President Bush}]
7: hair growing in the pubic area [syn: {pubic hair}, {crotch
hair}]
verb: provide with a bushing
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "bush":
Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, afforestation, arboretum,
back country, backcountry, backwash, backwater, backwoods, barren,
barren land, barrens, boondock, boondocks, borderland, bramble,
brier, brier bush, brush, brushwood, bush country, bushing,
bushveld, chase, climax forest, cloud forest, dendrology, desert,
desolation, doubling, doublure, dust bowl, facing, filler, filling,
forest, forest land, forest preserve, forestry, forests,
fringing forest, frontier, gallery forest, greenwood, hanger,
heath, hinterland, howling wilderness, index forest, inlay,
inlayer, insole, interlineation, jungle, jungles, karroo, liner,
lining, lunar landscape, lunar waste, national forest, outback,
outpost, packing, padding, palmetto barrens, park, park forest,
pine barrens, primeval forest, protection forest, rain forest,
reforestation, salt flat, scrub, scrubland, scrubwood,
selection forest, shrub, shrubbery, shrubland, shrubwood,
silviculture, sprout forest, stand of timber, state forest,
stuffing, the bush, timber, timberland, timbers, tree veld,
uninhabited region, up-country, virgin forest, virgin land,
virgin territory, wadding, wainscot, waste, wasteland, weary waste,
wild, wild West, wilderness, wilds, wildwood, wood, woodland,
woodlands, woods
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bush, IL (village, FIPS 10084)
Location: 37.84190 N, 89.12976 W
Population (1990): 351 (149 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Bush, KY
Zip code(s): 40724
Bush, LA
Zip code(s): 70431
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Bush, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 257
Housing Units (2000): 116
Land area (2000): 0.460591 sq. miles (1.192925 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.005600 sq. miles (0.014505 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.466191 sq. miles (1.207430 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10084
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 37.841286 N, 89.132199 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bush, IL
Bush
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bush
in which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2;
Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say what particular kind of plant
or bush is here meant. Probably it was the mimosa or acacia. The
words "in the bush" in Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37, mean "in the
passage or paragraph on the bush;" i.e., in Ex. 3.
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