shrub

Speech parts

1. shrub - Noun

2. shrub - Verb

3. Shrub - Proper noun

Meaning

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.

To lop; to prune.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bush laurel daphne huckleberry holly magnolia blackberry burr azalea blackthorn mesquite heather indigo alder acacia

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Antonyms

animal indoors dead leaves dry leaves fallen leaves fallen tree leaves

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Hypernyms

woody plant ligneous plant

Hyponyms

senna andromeda daphne huckleberry kali mayflower

Phrases with the word

strawberry shrub climbing shrub evergreen shrub blackberry shrub hawthorn shrub prickly shrub

Anagrams

brush

Examples

Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail! Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spread O'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way, And orient pearls from ev'ry shrub depend. William Somervile

A lad changed to a shrub in spring, the shrub into a shepherd boy, A fine hair to a lyre string, snow into snow on hair piled high. Jaroslav Seifert

Know that the slender shrub which is seen to bend, conquers when it yields to the storm. Metastasio

A small shrub may grow into a tree. African Proverb

A little shrub may grow into a tree. Sudanese Proverb

He has fastened a dog to a shrub. Xhosa Proverb

Close letter words and terms

shrowd Shroyer shrthnd shrub border shrub celery shrub frog