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bush1

 
 
pronunciation:
bUsh
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a low plant having many woody branches; shrub.
There is a row of bushes in front of our house.
 
synonyms:
shrub, shrubbery
similar words:
growth, scrub, tree, underbrush, undergrowth
definition 2: a thick mass or growth of bushes.
The small hill is covered with bush.
synonyms:
brush, shrubbery, thicket
similar words:
bramble, brier, scrub, underbrush, undergrowth
definition 3: an area of uncultivated, mostly uninhabited land, usu. covered densely with bushes or other plants (usu. prec. by "the").
We'll have to drive far out to the bush if we want to see these animals.
synonyms:
wild
similar words:
brush, plain, prairie, range, scrub
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derivation: bushlike (adj.)
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