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French
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buisson
, petit arbre
, arbuste
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Bush
- (v. t.) To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.
- (n.) A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
- (v. i.) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
- (n.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.
- (n.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
- (n.) A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
- (n.) A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.
Synonyms:
Chaparral, Scrub, Shrub,
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• Bushman
- (n.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people.
- (n.) A woodsman; a settler in the bush.
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• Bushelman
- (n.) A tailors assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler.
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