bush

1. n. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. Source: opted

2. n. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. Source: opted

3. n. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. The tail, or brush, of a fox. Source: opted

6. v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. Source: opted

7. v. t. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas. Source: opted

8. v. t. 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. Source: opted

9. n. 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. Source: opted

10. n. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Source: opted

11. v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole. Source: opted

12. adj. not of the highest quality or sophistication Source: wordnet

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