bush

Definition

  • noun: a plant that has stems of wood and is smaller than a tree
  • noun: a low densely branched shrub
  • usually used with 'the'
  • synonyms: shrub

Examples

  • Stop 'beating around the bush' and tell me why you're here.

  • The 'bushes' [='shrubs'] in my yard need to be trimmed.

  • She recently spent several weeks in 'the bush'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) a trabajar! Hey, Chucho! Chucho! I think they're in the trees up ahead. In the bushes on the left. They're in the trees up ahead. You take the trees, I'll take the bushes. Will you two beginners cut it out? Well, we're just trying to spot an ambush. Morons. (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid