From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbushbush /bʊʃ/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1 HBPDLGa plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground → tree, shrub a rose bush The child was hiding in the bushes.2 → the bush3 a bush of hair is a lot of thick untidy hair → beat about the bush at beat1(14)
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bush• They lay under a bush near the friendly deer.• The forsythia bushes at the back of the santuario yielded a delicate, sweet scent in the dewy air.• a holly bush• Gunships made their chattering runs beside us, and door gunners killed bushes.• Some oldmen hid in the bushes and tackled the newmen as a prank.• I thought it was a damn silly place to park if some one wanted to take a leak in the bushes.Origin bush (1200-1300) Old French bos, bosc “wood” 