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bush1
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- pronunciation:
- bUsh
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| related words: |
boondocks, jungle, moor, waste, wild |
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| derivation: |
bushlike (adj.) |
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