n.

1. A low shrub with many branches.
2. A thick growth of shrubs; a thicket.
3. 1. Land covered with dense vegetation or undergrowth.
   2. Land remote from settlement: the Australian bush.
4. 1. A shaggy mass, as of hair.
   2. Vulgar Slang. A growth of pubic hair.
5. A fox's tail.
6. 1. Archaic. A clump of ivy hung outside a tavern to indicate the availability of wine inside.
   2. Obsolete. A tavern.

v., bushed, bush·ing, bushes.

v.intr.

1. To grow or branch out like a bush.
2. To extend in a bushy growth.

v.tr.

To decorate, protect, or support with bushes.

adj.

Slang. Bush-league; second-rate: “Reviewers here have tended to see in him a kind of bush D.H. Lawrence” (Saturday Review).

[Middle English, partly from Old English busc, partly from Old French bois, wood (of Germanic origin) and partly of Scandinavian origin (akin to Danish busk). N., sense 3, possibly from Dutch bosch.]

bush² (bʊsh)
tr.v., bushed, bush·ing, bush·es.

To furnish or line with a bushing.

[From bush, bushing, possibly alteration of Dutch bus, box.]

also bush up

noun

An uninhabited region left in its natural state: wild, wilderness, wildness. See wild/tame.

(Vietnam)Outside the perimeter wire. The boonies.

A many-branched small shrub with no distinct main stem or stems.

IN BRIEF: Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees; A large wilderness area; A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.

A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing. — Bret Harte 

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - busk, buskads, krat
v. intr. - plante til med buske, buske sig
v. tr. - plante til med buske
adj. - amatøragtig, dilettantisk

2.
n. - bøsning
v. tr. - indsætte bøsning i

Nederlands (Dutch)
struik, rimboe, bosje klimop (teken van slijter), haarbos, manchet, met struiken beplanten

Français (French)
1.
n. - buisson, fourré, taillis, arbuste, brousse, queue (d'un renard)
v. intr. - pousser/s'étendre de manière broussailleuse
v. tr. - décorer/protéger/soutenir de buissons
adj. - (Austral) perdu en brousse, (Sport) match de dernière division, (fig) minable (péj), de qualité médiocre

2.
n. - (Mécan) bague, coussinet
v. tr. - baguer, manchonner, mettre un coussinet à

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Busch, Strauch, Dschungel, Gebüsch, Büschel
v. - buschig wachsen, mit Büschen bepflanzen, sich buschartig ausbreiten
adj. - (Sport) kleine Provinzliga, zweitklassig

2.
n. - (tech.) Buchse , (tech.) Gewindeanschluß, (electr.) Durchführung
v. - ausbuchsen, mit Lagerfutter versehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θάμνος, λόχμη, ερημότοπος, αγριότοπος
v. - φουντώνω, βλασταίνω πυκνά

Italiano (Italian)
macchia, arbusto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arbusto (m), mato (m)
v. - plantar arbustos

Русский (Russian)
буш, куст

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - monte, arbusto, mata, matorral
v. intr. - crecer en forma espesa
v. tr. - apoyar, guarnecer
adj. - monte, arbusto, mata, matorral

2.
n. - ramo (de taberna), hopo (de zorra)
v. tr. - labrar (piedra) a escuadra y martillo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - buske, djungel, hylsa, bussning, lagerpanna
v. - bussa, förse med lagerpanna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 灌木, 灌木丛, 乡村, 小镇, 未开垦的荒地, 蓬乱的头发, 丛生, 茂密地生长, 用灌木围住, 使筋疲力尽, 较低级的

2. 加轴衬于

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 加軸襯於

2.
n. - 灌木, 灌木叢, 鄉村, 小鎮, 未開墾的荒地, 蓬亂的頭髮
v. intr. - 叢生, 茂密地生長
v. tr. - 用灌木圍住, 使筋疲力盡
adj. - 較低級的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 관목, 더벅머리, 미개간지
v. intr. - 우거지다
v. tr. - ~을 관목으로 뒤덮다
adj. - 시골의, 허술한

2.
n. - 부시
v. tr. - ~에 부시를 끼우다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 低木, 茂み, 奥地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شجيرة, منطقه غابات و أدغال (فعل) يغطي منطقه بالشجيرات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיח, שטח מכוסה בשיחים, יער בראשית, רפידת מתכת לחלל המכיל ציר מסתובב, מבדד חשמלי בצורת שרוול‬
v. intr. - ‮היה מכוסה בשיחים, התפשט כשיח‬
v. tr. - ‮נטע שיחים, התקין מבדד חשמלי‬
adj. - ‮ליגה לא גבוהה בענף ספורט מסוים, סוג ב'‬
n. - ‮רפידה ממתכת או חומר דומה בפתח צינור כדי להגן מהתבלות ע"י חיכוך, איכול וכו', מבדד חשמלי בצורת שרוול‬
v. tr. - ‮צייד ברפידת הגנה מתכתית, ריפד במתכת, התקין מבדד חשמלי‬

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bush	Nunn Bush
Butterfly Bush	Bush Westfield