bush
- noun
- /bʊʃ/
- Planted with over 5,000 rose bushes, this garden virtually resonates with color and perfume.
- trees and bushes
- rose bush
- burning bush
I've used it to maybe trim some bushes and trees for fun.
- I've used it to maybe trim some bushes and trees for fun.
Examples
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As the coach rumbled on, he scrambled between the holly bush and the vine-strewn wall.
Fiction book (1992) -
After hiding the basket in a thick bush, she pulled up her sweater and hunkered down.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the bushes right over there.
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I just cut my hand on a pricker bush.
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Why are you lurking behind the bushes?
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Large trees rise up into the sky, with numerous bushes and ivies flowing beneath.
Academic text (2005) -
Plant perennial flowers, hardy bushes, vines, and trees to obtain a relatively permanent hummingbird garden.
Academic text (1999) -
The children played hide-and-seek, and one of them managed to hide behind a large bush.
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As we walked through the garden, we admired the colorful flowers growing next to the bush.
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The bird built its nest in a dense bush near the edge of the yard.
Synonyms
A low plant with hard stems that has several main branches and is smaller than a tree
A bush that grows roses
A bush with many sharp points that often forms a thick barrier
A woody bush that grows small edible berries on prickly stems
A plant with hard stems, like a tree or shrub
A small tree or shrub that has white flowers and small dark berries
A shrub or small tree with round clusters of small white flowers that grows near water
A shrub or small tree with feathery flowers that look like puffs of smoke
A bushy shrub with clusters of yellow or greenish flowers that attract butterflies
A small bush with purple flowers that grows in parts of Australia
A shrub with bright red or orange leaves that gardeners plant to add color to gardens
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that has many white flowers
A small tropical shrub or tree often grown in warm places for its sweet yellow fruit
A scented desert shrub with brittle stems, yellow flowers, and a sticky resin used in incense
A shrub from eastern Australia with leaves like needles and white flowers
An Australian small tree or bush with bright red flowers used as a Christmas decoration
A very small woody bush that stays low to the ground
Compounds
The United States government led by President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009
The United States government led by President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993
- South African
A small animal from Africa that is active at night with big eyes and a long tail
A desert shrub with sticky leaves that have a strong smell and small yellow flowers
- Slang
A low-level baseball league often used to describe something of lower quality
- Specialized
A bush that loses its leaves in winter with fragrant leaves, yellow flowers, and red or yellow berries
- South African
A small bright African bird with a black face and a musical song
- US
A scented desert shrub with brittle stems, yellow flowers, and a sticky resin used in incense
- Specialized
A plant with white flowers that gives off a gas that can burn in hot weather
A bushy shrub with clusters of yellow or greenish flowers that attract butterflies
- UK
A loose jacket like a shirt with four pockets and a belt that people wear in hot places
A small garden plant with deep yellow flowers that stays compact and blooms all summer
- Specialized
A plant with leaves in three parts and clusters of yellow or purple flowers
- UK
A European climbing plant with thin stems and purple flowers often growing as a weed in hedges
- South African
A small tree from South Africa with yellow flowers that grows near streams
- US
An evergreen shrub also called mountain laurel, with glossy leaves and white or pink flowers that grows in North America
- Australian
An Australian small tree or bush with bright red flowers used as a Christmas decoration
- US
An evergreen bush with small clustered flowers that spreads in the southwestern United States
A North American shrub with leaves in three parts that makes bright red berries
- Australian
An evergreen shrub with many daisy-like flowers and sometimes fragrant leaves grown in gardens
A low bush that grows along the ground and makes small dark berries like blackberries
A short upright plant that grows large glossy purple eggplants used as a vegetable
A North American shrub or small tree with three-lobed leaves and clusters of red berries
A bush with white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens
- US
An evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and pink flower clusters that grows in the southeastern United States
- US
An evergreen shrub with bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers grown for gardens or as a houseplant
- US
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that has many white flowers
- New Zealand
A thick-stemmed, thorny shrub that trails over and through other plants in New Zealand forests
An evergreen South American shrub with bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers grown for decoration
- Specialized
A small bush with soft, hairy twigs that grows in the eastern United States
- US
A thorny plant from tropical America with yellow fragrant flowers used to make perfume
- Specialized
A shrub from western North America with soft white leaves and yellow flowers that turn red-purple
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Etymology
Bush comes from an old Germanic word meaning a 'thicket' or 'brush', and it is the same root you see in brush and bushy. So a bush is a small woody plant with many stems, like a natural 'brush'.