bush
noun
[ bʊʃ ]
• a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length.
• "a rose bush"
• (especially in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country.
• "they have to spend a night camping in the bush"
Similar:
wilds,
remote areas,
wilderness,
the backwoods,
the hinterland(s),
the backcountry,
the backland,
the outback,
the backblocks,
the booay,
the backveld,
the platteland,
the boondocks,
the boonies,
the tall timbers,
Woop Woop,
beyond the black stump,
• a luxuriant growth of thick hair or fur.
• "a childish face with a bush of bright hair"
bush
verb
• spread out into a thick clump.
• "her hair bushed out like a halo"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French bos, bosc, variants of bois ‘wood’, reinforced by Old Norse buski, of Germanic origin and related to Dutch bos and German Busch . The sense ‘uncultivated country’ is probably directly from Dutch bos .
bush
noun
• a metal lining for a round hole, especially one in which an axle revolves.
• a sleeve that protects an electric cable where it passes through a panel.
Origin:
late 15th century: from Middle Dutch busse .
