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What does bush mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bush? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (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.
  2. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
  3. (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.
  4. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
  2. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
  3. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
Noun
  1. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
Noun
  1. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
    1. (Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
    2. (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
    3. (Canada) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
  2. (Canada) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
Adverb
  1. (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
Adjective
  1. (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
Noun
  1. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
Noun
  1. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
  2. A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
  3. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.
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