'Bush' definitions:

Definition of 'bush'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Not of the highest quality or sophistication [syn: bush- league, bush]
noun
A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems [syn: shrub, bush]
noun
A large wilderness area
noun
Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes [syn: scrub, chaparral, bush]
noun
43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946) [syn: Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya]
noun
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: Bush, Vannevar Bush]
noun
Vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) [syn: Bush, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush]
noun
Hair growing in the pubic area [syn: pubic hair, bush, crotch hair]
verb
Provide with a bushing

Definition of 'Bush'

From: GCIDE
  • Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), n. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. [1913 Webster]
  • To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. [1913 Webster]
  • 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the serval. See Serval.
  • Bush chat (Zool.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family.
  • Bush dog. (Zool.) See Potto.
  • Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.
  • Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow.
  • Bush hog (Zool.), a South African wild hog (Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus); -- called also bush pig, and water hog.
  • Bush master (Zool.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea; -- called also surucucu.
  • Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
  • Bush shrike (Zool.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America.
  • Bush tit (Zool.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. Psaltriparus minimus inhabits California. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bush'

From: GCIDE
  • Bush \Bush\, v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole. [1913 Webster] bush baby

Definition of 'Bush'

From: GCIDE
  • Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. "The bushing alders." --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bush'

From: GCIDE
  • Bush \Bush\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bush'

From: GCIDE
  • Bush \Bush\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bush'

From: 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.

Synonyms of 'bush'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Bush, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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