Bush (b sh), Barbara Born 1925. First Lady of the United States (1989-1993) as the wife of President George Bush. She has been active in promoting literacy. |   |
| Bush, George Herbert Walker Born 1924. The 41st President of the United States (1989-1993). A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1976-1977) and vice president (1981-1989) under Ronald Reagan, as president he initiated the Gulf War (1991) in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. |  |
| Bush, George Walker Born 1946. The 43rd president of the United States (2001-2009). A former oil company executive and governor of Texas (1994-2000), Bush defeated Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, losing the popular vote but winning a majority in the electoral college. His administration was marked by an American-led invasion of Afghanistan in response to al-Qaeda's terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, by the Iraq War, and by federal support of failed banks and insurance companies during a large-scale credit crisis. |
| Bush, Laura Born 1946. First Lady of the United States (2001-2009) as the wife of President George W. Bush. She has championed education causes and women's health issues. |
| Bush, Vannevar 1890-1974. 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. |
| bush 1 (bsh) n. 1. A low shrub with many branches. 2. A thick growth of shrubs; a thicket. 3. a. Land covered with dense vegetation or undergrowth. b. Land remote from settlement: the Australian bush. 4. a. A shaggy mass, as of hair. b. Vulgar Slang A growth of pubic hair. 5. A fox's tail. 6. a. Archaic A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside. b. Obsolete A tavern. v. bushed, bush·ing, bushes v.intr. 1. To grow or branch out like a bush. 2. To extend in a bushy growth. v.tr. To decorate, protect, or support with bushes. adj. Slang Bush-league; second-rate: "Reviewers here have tended to see in him a kind of bush D.H. Lawrence" (Saturday Review). [Middle English, partly from Old English busc, partly from Old French bois, wood (of Germanic origin) and partly of Scandinavian origin (akin to Danish busk). N., sense 3, possibly from Dutch bosch.] |
| bush 2 (bsh) tr.v. bushed, bush·ing, bush·es To furnish or line with a bushing. [From bush, bushing, possibly alteration of Dutch bus, box.] |
Bush [bʊʃ]
n
1. (Biographies / Bush, George (1924 M, US, POLITICS: head of state) George. born 1924, US Republican politician; vice president of the US (1981-89): 41st president of the US (1989-93)
2. (Biographies / Bush, George W(alker.) (1946 M, US, POLITICS: head of state) his son, George W(alker.) born 1946, US Republican statesman: 43rd president of the US (from 2001)
bush1
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a dense woody plant, smaller than a tree, with many branches arising from the lower part of the stem; shrub
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a dense cluster of such shrubs; thicket
3. something resembling a bush, esp in density a bush of hair
4. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography)
a. (often preceded by the) an uncultivated or sparsely settled area, esp in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada: usually covered with trees or shrubs, varying from open shrubby country to dense rainforest
b. (as modifier) bush flies
5. Canadian an area of land on a farm on which timber is grown and cut Also called bush lot woodlot
6. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a forested area; woodland
7. (often preceded by the) Informal the countryside, as opposed to the city out in the bush
8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a fox's tail; brush
9. Obsolete
a. a bunch of ivy hung as a vintner's sign in front of a tavern
b. any tavern sign
beat about the bush to avoid the point at issue; prevaricate
adj
1. West African informal ignorant or stupid, esp as considered typical of unwesternized rustic life
2. US and Canadian informal unprofessional, unpolished, or second-rate
go bush Informal Austral and NZ
a. to abandon city amenities and live rough
b. to run wild
vb
1. (intr) to grow thick and bushy
2. (tr) to cover, decorate, support, etc., with bushes
[of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse buski, Old High German busc, Middle Dutch bosch; related to Old French bosc wood, Italian bosco]
bush2
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called (esp US and Canadian) bushing a thin metal sleeve or tubular lining serving as a bearing or guide
vb
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to fit a bush to (a casing, bearing, etc.)
[from Middle Dutch busse box, bush; related to German Büchse tin, Swedish hjulbōssa wheel-box, Late Latin buxis box1]
Bush Examples: bush of broom, 1670; of ivy (used as inn sign); of ostrich feathers, 1530; of spears, 1513; of thorns; of wood, 1639.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  bush - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stemsshrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together Catha edulis - a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea ephedra, joint fir - jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds alpine totara, Podocarpus nivalis - low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains Chilean rimu, Lepidothamnus fonkii - about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile Dacridium laxifolius, Lepidothamnus laxifolius, mountain rimu - low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand Microstrobos niphophilus, Tasman dwarf pine - small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches barberry - any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries blue cohosh, blueberry root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot - tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally holly-leaves barberry, hollygrape, Mahonia aquifolium, mountain grape, Oregon holly grape, Oregon grape - ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries Mahonia nervosa, Oregon grape - small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries allspice - deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States Chimonanthus praecox, Japan allspice, Japanese allspice, winter sweet - deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush - deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries pepper shrub, Pseudowintera colorata, Wintera colorata - evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits Myrica gale, Scotch gale, sweet gale - bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves wax myrtle - any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia peregrina, sweet fern - deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers corkwood, corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana - very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood mimosa - any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves Anadenanthera colubrina, Piptadenia macrocarpa - Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia calliandra - any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers Lysiloma sabicu, sabicu - West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value black bead, cat's-claw, catclaw, Pithecellodium unguis-cati - erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida mesquit, mesquite - any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis, poison arrow plant, winter sweet - medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits |
| 2. | bush - a large wilderness area outback - the bush country of the interior of Australia wild, wilderness - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers" | |
| 3. | bush - dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" | |
| 4. |  Bush - 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946) | |
| 5. |  Bush - United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974) | |
| 6. | Bush - vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) | |
| 7. | bush - hair growing in the pubic area adult body - the body of an adult human being hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" minge - vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals | |
| Verb | 1. | bush - provide with a bushing |
| Adj. | 1. | bush - not of the highest quality or sophistication inferior - of low or inferior quality |
bush
noun shrub, plant, hedge, undergrowth, thicket, shrubbery Trees and bushes grow down to the water's edge.
the bush the wilds, brush, wilderness, scrub, woodland, remote areas, the outback, backwoods, back country (U.S.), scrubland, backlands (U.S.) He was shot dead while travelling in the bush.
Translations
bush1 [bʊʃ]
bush2 [bʊʃ] N (Tech) → cojinete m
A. N
1. (= shrub) → arbusto m, mata f; (= thicket) (also bushes) → matorral m
to beat about the bush → andarse con rodeos or por las ramas
to beat about the bush → andarse con rodeos or por las ramas
2. (in Africa, Australia) the bush → el monte
B. CPD bush baby N (Zool) → lemúrido m
bush fire N → incendio m de monte
bush telegraph N (fig) → teléfono m árabe
bush fire N → incendio m de monte
bush telegraph N (fig) → teléfono m árabe
bush2 [bʊʃ] N (Tech) → cojinete m
bush:
bush1
bush2
bush league
n (US) → Provinzliga f
bush leaguer
n (US) → Provinzspieler m; (fig) → Dilettant m
bushman
n (Austral) jd, der im Busch lebt und arbeitet
Bushman
n (in S Africa) → Buschmann m
bushranger
n
(Austral) → Bandit m, → Strauchdieb m (dated)
(US, Canada) jd, der in der Wildnis lebt
bush telegraph
bushwhack
vt (= ambush) → (aus dem Hinterhalt) überfallen
bushwhacker
bush1
n
(= shrub) → Busch m, → Strauch m; (= thicket: also bushes) → Gebüsch nt; to beat about (Brit) or around the bush (fig) → um den heißen Brei herumreden; (= not act, take decision etc) → wie die Katze um den heißen Brei herumschleichen
(fig) bush of hair → Haarschopf m
bush2
n (Tech) → Buchse f
bush [bʊʃ] n
bush [bʊʃ] n
a. → cespuglio
b. (in Africa, Australia) the bush → la boscaglia
bush [bʊʃ] n
a. → cespuglio
b. (in Africa, Australia) the bush → la boscaglia
n bush [buʃ]
1 a growing thing between a tree and a plant in size a rose bush. bos, struik شُجيره، ايْكَه храст keř busk der Busch θάμνος arbusto põõsas بوته pensas buisson שִׂיח झाड़ी grmlje bokor semak runni cespuglio かん木 관목 krūmas krūms semak struik busk krzak arbusto tufiş куст krík grm žbun buske พุ่มไม้ çalı, funda 灌木 кущ جھاڑی cây bụi 灌木
2 (in Australia, Africa etc) wild uncultivated country. bosveld دغْـل شائِك буш buš urskov; jungle; bush der Busch άγρια ακαλλιέργητη έκταση (π.χ. στην Αυστραλία ή την Αφρική) breña metsik võsamaa سرزمین وحشی erämaa brousse עֲרָבָה जंगल या जंगली प्रदेश prašuma őserdő, ősbozótos padang belantara óbyggðir boscaglia 未開地域 (오스트레일리아, 아프리카 등지의) 미개간지 krūmynai, brūzgynai (Austrālijā, Āfrikā) krūmiem apaugušas neizmantotas zemes platības pedalaman wildernis villmark, (ur)skog busz mato regiune necultivată буш buš divjina predeo sa žbunjem bush พื้นที่รกร้าง çalılık arazi (尤在澳洲，非洲)未開墾的林地 буш, необроблена земля, заросла чагарником جنگل ، جھاڑ جھنکار vùng đất bỏ hoang 未开垦的（丛林）地
adj bushy
thick and spreading bushy eyebrows; a bushy tail. bosagtige مُدغل، كَثيفُ الحاجِبَيْن буен hustý, huňatý busket buschig θαμνώδης, φουντωτός, δασύτριχος espeso puhmjas پر مو tuuhea touffu עֲבוֹת घना और भारी grmovit bozontos lebat loðinn folto もじゃもじゃした 관목이 무성한 vešlus krūmains; (par uzacīm u.tml.) kupls; biezs tabal dan berselerak borstelig overgrodd med busker; busket krzaczasty cerrado stufos густой; пушистый huňatý, hustý košat žbunovit buskig, buskrik, yvig คล้ายพุ่มไม้ sık ve gür 多毛的 густий جھاڑی دار ، گھنا ، پھیلا ہوا mọc rậm rạp 浓密的
Bush → أَجِمة, دَغَل keř, křoví busk, buskads Busch, Gebüsch θάμνος, λόχμη arbusto, maleza pensaikko, pensas broussailles, buisson grm, guštara arbusto, cespuglio 低木, 茂み 관목, 덤불 struik, struikgewas busk, krattskog krzak, tulejka arbusto, bosque куст, кустарник buske, skogsland พุ่มไม้, หนาแน่น çalı, çalılık bụi rậm, cây bụi 灌木丛, 矮树丛
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