bush

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.4.1.2 Related terms 1.4.1.3 Translations 1.4.2 Adjective 1.4.3 Adverb 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Adjective 1.5.2 Noun 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Noun 1.7 Anagrams 2 Albanian 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʊʃ/, SAMPA: /bUS/
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  Rhymes: -ʊʃ

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English bysc (“‘woody plant’”) via Middle English bushe (“‘woody plant’”), possibly conflated with cognates such as Danish busk, Old French busche (“‘firewood’”), and Medieval Anglo-Latin bosca (“‘firewood’”) (from Mediaeval Latin busca, in turn a loan from West Germanic *busk (“‘bush, thicket’”))

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bush (plural bushes)

1. A horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant that is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height; usually less than 6m tall.
2. (slang) The pubic hair, especially that of a woman; hence, vulva.

compare bushy. First occurrence in 1745.

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• shrub
• See also Wikisaurus:pubic hair

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[edit] Etymology 2

From the sign of a bush usually employed to indicate such places

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bush (plural bushes)

1. (archaic): A tavern or wine merchant.

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From Middle Dutch bosch (modern bos) 'wood, forest', first appearing in the Dutch colonies as the word for an uncleared district of a colony, and thence in British colonies as bush.

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bush (uncountable)

1. (Australian) The countryside area of Australia that is neither arid nor remote enough to constitute the outback, and may include areas of natural flora even within conurbations
2. (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
3. (Canadian) The remote forested areas of Canada, excluding the high arctic barrens. The upcountry.

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• bushbaby
• bushcraft
• bushmeat
• bush tucker
• bush week
• bushwhacker
• Alaskan bush

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• bushman (not derived from bush but separately derived from cognate Dutch)

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: bush nl(nl)
• German: Busch de(de)
• Swedish: busken sv(sv) (def. singular)

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bush (comparative bushier, superlative bushiest)

1. The Australian use of the noun "bush", used attributively.

   The bush vote; bush tucker; bush aristocracy

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bush (not comparable)

1. (Australian) Towards the direction of the outback.

   On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own.

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Back-formation from bush league.

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bush (comparative more bush, superlative most bush)

1. (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

   They're supposed to be a major league team, but so far they've been bush.

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bush (plural bushes)

1. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

   The way that pitcher showed up the batter after the strikeout was bush.

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bush (plural bushes)

1. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal (also bushing).
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.

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• Alphagram: bhsu
• hubs

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʊʃ/

[edit] Noun

bush m (pl., bushe)

1. (arb.) box(wood).