Bush : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bush	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Bush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bush adj not of the highest quality or sophistication [syn: {bush- league}, bush] n a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems Synonym(s): shrub, bush a large wilderness area dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes Synonym(s): scrub, chaparral, bush 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946) Synonym(s): Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974) Synonym(s): Bush, Vannevar Bush vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) Synonym(s): Bush, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush hair growing in the pubic area Synonym(s): pubic hair, bush, crotch hair v provide with a bushing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. [bd]The bushing alders.[b8] --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bushed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bushing}.] 1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas. 2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [D. bus a box, akin to E. box; or F. boucher to plug.] 1. (Mech.) 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. --Knight. Note: In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States. 2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. --Farrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne. 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 4. 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. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak. 5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1. {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}. {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of the Thrush family. {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}. {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary. {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}. {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig}, and {water hog}. {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus}) of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}. {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus}, and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species inhabit tropical America. {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus} inhabits California.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bush, IL (village, FIPS 10084) Location: 37.84190 N, 89.12976 W Population (1990): 351 (149 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bush, KY Zip code(s): 40724 Bush, LA Zip code(s): 70431
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bush in which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say what particular kind of plant or bush is here meant. Probably it was the mimosa or acacia. The words "in the bush" in Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37, mean "in the passage or paragraph on the bush;" i.e., in Ex. 3.