Bush

Quick meaning: Bush is a noun meaning A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

Meaning

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.

More Meanings

1. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
2. (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
3. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
4. (horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
5. (archaic or dialectal and in placenames) A thicket, a small wood, or a tract of uncleared, woody land.
6. (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
7. (historical) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

Example Sentences

bushes to support pea vines

We saw a bush of wood, and in the heart of it a little open space.

I rub her bush with my cheek and my chin, tickle her bonne-bouche with my tongue.

If it be true, that good wine needs no buſh, 'tis true, that a good play needes no Epilogue.

Word Forms

• bushes
• bushing
• bushed

Synonyms for bush

Depending on context, synonyms include bushing, shrub, carpet, floss, fluff, forest.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shrub, chaparral, scrub, undergrowth, timber, woods.

Related Dictionary Tools