bush

noun

/bʊʃ/

Idioms

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[countable] a plant that grows thickly with several hard stems coming up from the root
- a rose/holly bush
- in the bushes She was hiding in the bushes at the side of the lane.
see also butterfly bush compare tree
Extra Examples
- a large clump of rose bushes
- to prune the rose bushes
Topics Plants and treesb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- rose
- thorn
- etc.
- …
… of bushes
- clump
verb + bush
- plant
- prune
- trim
- …
bush + verb
- grow
preposition
- among the bushes
- in the bushes
phrases
- bushes and trees
- trees and bushes
See full entry
[countable] a thing that looks like a bush, especially an area of thick hair or fur
(often the bush)
[uncountable] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia; in New Zealand an area where the forest has not been cleared
- Children are taught from an early age how to survive in the bush.
- They went out into the bush.
- hills that have become a wasteland after the removal of native bush
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dense
- thick
- African
- …
bush + noun
- fire
- meat
preposition
- in the bush
- into the bush
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bos, bosc, variants of bois ‘wood’, reinforced by Old Norse buski, of Germanic origin and related to Dutch bos and German Busch. The sense ‘uncultivated country’ is probably directly from Dutch bos.

Idioms

beat about the bush (British English)

(North American English beat around the bush)

to talk about something for a long time without coming to the main point
- Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want.

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

(saying) it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more

单词	bush
释义	bush noun /bʊʃ/ /bʊʃ/ Idioms jump to other results [countable] a plant that grows thickly with several hard stems coming up from the root a rose/holly bush in the bushes She was hiding in the bushes at the side of the lane. see also butterfly bush compare tree Extra Examples a large clump of rose bushes to prune the rose bushes Topics Plants and treesb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective rose thorn etc. … … of bushes clump verb + bush plant prune trim … bush + verb grow preposition among the bushes in the bushes phrases bushes and trees trees and bushes See full entry [countable] a thing that looks like a bush, especially an area of thick hair or fur (often the bush) [uncountable] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia; in New Zealand an area where the forest has not been cleared Children are taught from an early age how to survive in the bush. They went out into the bush. hills that have become a wasteland after the removal of native bush Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dense thick African … bush + noun fire meat preposition in the bush into the bush See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bos, bosc, variants of bois ‘wood’, reinforced by Old Norse buski, of Germanic origin and related to Dutch bos and German Busch. The sense ‘uncultivated country’ is probably directly from Dutch bos. Idioms beat about the bush (British English) (North American English beat around the bush) to talk about something for a long time without coming to the main point Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (saying) it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more
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