bush 1  (b sh)
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n.1. A low shrub with many branches. 2. A thick growth of shrubs; a thicket. 3. a. Land covered with dense vegetation or undergrowth. b. Land remote from settlement: the Australian bush. 4. a. A shaggy mass, as of hair. b. Vulgar Slang A growth of pubic hair. 5. A fox's tail. 6. a. Archaic A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside. b. Obsolete A tavern. v. bushed, bush·ing, bushes v.intr.1. To grow or branch out like a bush. 2. To extend in a bushy growth. v.tr. To decorate, protect, or support with bushes. adj. Slang Bush-league; second-rate: "Reviewers here have tended to see in him a kind of bush D.H. Lawrence" (Saturday Review).
[Middle English, partly from Old English busc, partly from Old French bois, wood (of Germanic origin), and partly of Scandinavian origin (akin to Danish busk). N., sense 3, possibly from Dutch bosch.] |