Definition of Bush

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Definition of Bush

Bush

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.

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.

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

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.

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.

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

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Bush Quotations

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.
Barack Obama

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.
Barack Obama

It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.
Edward Kennedy

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.
Edward Kennedy

Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.
Edward Kennedy

I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. "You're fired" is a very strong term.
Donald Trump

George Bush hates midgets.
Chris Rock

If Clinton had only attacked terrorism as much as he attacks George Bush we wouldn't be in this problem.
Dennis Miller

I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess.
Dennis Miller

President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.
Dennis Miller

Bush Translations

bush in Afrikaans is struik
bush in Danish is busk
bush in Dutch is heester, struik
bush in French is buisson, arbuste, brousse
bush in German is Busch, Strauch, Busch, Buchse
bush in Italian is boschetto, arbusto, cespuglio
bush in Portuguese is arbusto
bush in Spanish is arbusto, matorral
bush in Swedish is buske

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