bush
noun · verb · adjective · adverb
Simple meaning
A woody plant with many stems, shorter than a tree
Pronunciation
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buushIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbʊʃ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
horticulture
A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
horticulture
A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
often with "the"
Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated.
Australia
The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
new zealand
An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
verb
To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
intransitive
To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
To become bushy (often used with up).
To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
transitive
To furnish with a bush or lining; to line.
adjective
colloquial
Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
adverb
Australia
Towards the direction of the outback.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
Used this way, bush is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use bush
- “The little bird built its nest hidden deep within the dense bush.”noun
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