Bush

  • 61bush — [13] Bush comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *busk , which also produced German busch ‘bush’. There is no actual record of the word in Old English, but it probably existed as *bysc. The Germanic base was also borrowed into the Romance… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 62bush — See: beat about the bush, bird in the hand is worth two in the bush …

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  • 63bush — bush1 noun 1》 a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length. 2》 (the bush) (in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country.     ↘the vegetation of such a district.     ↘[as modifier] chiefly S. African uncivilized; primitive. 3》 …

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  • 64bush — noun 1) a rose bush Syn: shrub, thicket; (bushes) undergrowth, shrubbery 2) the bush Syn: wilds, wilderness, backwoods; N.Amer. backcountry; Austral. / NZ …

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  • 65bush*/*/ — [bʊʃ] noun 1) [C] a plant that is smaller than a tree and has a lot of thin branches a holly/rose/currant bush[/ex] 2) the bush [singular] wild areas in hot places like Australia and Africa that are not used for growing crops …

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  • 66bush —   n.    ♦ bush buck, n. small African spiral horned antelope.    ♦ bushman, n. S African aborigine.    ♦ bush    ♦ master, n. large S American poisonous snake.    ♦ bushcat, serval.    ♦ bushlawyer, New Zealand bramble …

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  • 67bush — 1. n. the pubic hair. (Usually objectionable.) □ How old were you when you started growing a bush? 2. n. women considered as a receptacle for the penis. (Rude and derogatory.) □ Bubba says he gotta have some bush …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 68bush — see a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush good wine needs no bush do not grieve that rose trees have thorns, rather rejoice that thorny bushes bear roses …

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  • 69bush — [13] Bush comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *busk , which also produced German busch ‘bush’. There is no actual record of the word in Old English, but it probably existed as *bysc. The Germanic base was also borrowed into the Romance… …

    Word origins

  • 70BUSH — Beat Up Saddam Hussein (Governmental » US Government) ** Buy United States Here (Business » International Business) ** Bring the United States Here (Governmental » US Government) Afro hair style. The Bush which was very popular during the 1970 s… …

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