Etymology : Middle English; akin to Old High German busc forest
Pronunciation : 'bush
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. family name; George Walker Bush (born 1946), 43rd president of the United States (2001-), former governor of Texas, son of George Herbert Walker Bush; George Herbert Walker Bush (born 1924), 41st president of the United States (1989-1993). perennial plant which has woody stems and branches and ranges in height from very low to the size of a small tree, shrub; wilderness, outback; tuft; minor league.
2. the female genitals, but alluding to the pubic hair.
3. see:
marijuana. bush\bush\ , n. [oe. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to d. bosch, ohg. busc, g. busch, icel. būskr, būski, 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.].
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. a shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
7. 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.
8. (hunting) the tail, or brush, of a fox.
9. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.
10. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
11. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
12. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy , hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
13. The tail, or brush, of a fox.
14. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
15. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.
16. To use a bush harrow on , for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.
17. 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.
18. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
19. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole. a large wilderness area Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush provide with a bushing.
20. 1. A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches. Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge. = shrub.
21. The wild, uncultivated parts of some hot countries are referred to as the bush. They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours.
22. If you tell someone not to beat about the bush, you mean that you want them to tell you something immediately and quickly, rather than in a complicated, indirect way. Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?. The 41st President of the United States (1989-1993). He was previously U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1971-1972) and China (1974-1975), director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1976-1977), and Vice President (1981-1989) under Ronald Reagan. American electrical engineer and physicist who designed (1928) the differential analyzer, an early computer, and directed the World War II effort to develop the first atomic bomb. butterfly bush Bush George Herbert Walker Bush George Walker Bush Vannevar.