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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.

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

Example: bushes to support pea vines

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.

A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

Example: to bush peas

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.

Example: to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground

A tavern or wine merchant.

(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.

A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

Towards the direction of the outback.

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

Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

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

A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

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.

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

To furnish with a bush or lining.

Example: to bush a pivot hole