bush

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1. bush - Noun

2. bush - Adjective

3. bush - Verb

4. bush - Adverb

5. bush - Adjective Satellite

6. Bush - Proper noun

Meaning

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.

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.

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

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.

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.

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

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In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get - The Future! Dan Quayle

This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history. Helen Thomas

George Bush hates midgets. Chris Rock

Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. English Proverb

If you want to dismantle a hedge, remove one thorn bush at a time. Somali Proverb

A spooked crow is afraid of a bush. Russian Proverb

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