slovo | definícia |
bush (mass) | bush
- púzdro |
bush (encz) | bush,buš Zdeněk Brož |
bush (encz) | bush,divočina n: Zdeněk Brož |
bush (encz) | bush,houšť Zdeněk Brož |
bush (encz) | bush,keř |
bush (encz) | bush,křoví Pavel Cvrček |
bush (encz) | bush,křovina n: Zdeněk Brož |
bush (encz) | bush,křovisko n: Zdeněk Brož |
bush (encz) | bush,pouzdro n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bush (gcide) | Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr,
b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus,
buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF.
bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain;
if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a
case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case.]
1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
forest.
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Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the
Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In
this sense it is extensively used in the British
colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also
in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the
bush.
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2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
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To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
flowers. --Gascoigne.
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3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
bushes to support pea vines.
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4. 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.
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If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
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5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
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To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a
round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
metaphor taken from hunting.
Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and
requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus).
See Bean, 1.
Bush buck, or Bush goat (Zool.), a beautiful South
African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called
because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is
also applied to other species.
Bush cat (Zool.), the serval. See Serval.
Bush chat (Zool.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the
Thrush family.
Bush dog. (Zool.) See Potto.
Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.
Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow.
Bush hog (Zool.), a South African wild hog
(Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus); -- called also bush pig,
and water hog.
Bush master (Zool.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of
Guinea; -- called also surucucu.
Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
Bush shrike (Zool.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus,
and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species
inhabit tropical America.
Bush tit (Zool.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus,
allied to the titmouse. Psaltriparus minimus inhabits
California.
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Bush (gcide) | Bush \Bush\, v. t.
To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.
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Bush (gcide) | Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), v. i.
To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. "The bushing
alders." --Pope.
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Bush (gcide) | Bush \Bush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bushed (b[.u]sht); p. pr. &
vb. n. Bushing.]
1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush
peas.
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2. 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.
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Bush (gcide) | Bush \Bush\, n. [D. bus a box, akin to E. box; or F. boucher to
plug.]
1. (Mech.) 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.
--Knight.
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Note: In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box,
particularly in the United States.
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2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through
which the venthole is bored. --Farrow.
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bush (wn) | bush
adj 1: not of the highest quality or sophistication [syn: {bush-
league}, bush]
n 1: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major
stems [syn: shrub, bush]
2: a large wilderness area
3: dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes [syn:
scrub, chaparral, bush]
4: 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert
Walker Bush (born in 1946) [syn: Bush, George Bush,
George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush,
President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya]
5: United States electrical engineer who designed an early
analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the
United States during World War II (1890-1974) [syn: Bush,
Vannevar Bush]
6: vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United
States (born in 1924) [syn: Bush, George Bush, {George
H.W. Bush}, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush]
7: hair growing in the pubic area [syn: pubic hair, bush,
crotch hair]
v 1: provide with a bushing |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
bushman (mass) | Bushman
- Krovák |
ambush (encz) | ambush,léčka n: Zdeněk Brožambush,nástraha n: Zdeněk Brožambush,přepadení n: Zdeněk Brožambush,přepadnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
babushka (encz) | babushka,bábuška n: přepis z ruštiny Martin Ligač |
beat about the bush (encz) | beat about the bush,chodit okolo horké kaše [fráz.] Pino |
beat around the bush (encz) | beat around the bush,chodit okolo horké kaše [fráz.] Pinobeat around the bush,výmluvně mluvit Zdeněk Brož |
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (encz) | bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,lepší vrabec v hrsti nežli
holub na střeše [fráz.] Pino |
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (encz) | bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,plný života n: Zdeněk Brož |
bush league (encz) | bush league,druhá liga [amer.] Pavel Cvrčekbush league,venkovský [amer.] Pavel Cvrček |
bush telegraph (encz) | bush telegraph,drby Zdeněk Brožbush telegraph,šeptanda n: Zdeněk Brož |
bushbuck (encz) | bushbuck,lesoň Zdeněk Brož |
bushed (encz) | bushed,křovinatý Pavel Cvrčekbushed,utahaný adj: Zdeněk Brožbushed,vyčerpaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bushel (encz) | bushel,bušl Jaroslav Šedivýbushel,spousta adj: [amer.] [hovor.] web |
bushfire (encz) | bushfire,stepní požár Zdeněk Brož |
bushiness (encz) | bushiness,huňatost n: Zdeněk Brožbushiness,chundelatost n: Zdeněk Brožbushiness,křovinatost n: Zdeněk Brož |
bushing (encz) | bushing,objímka n: Zdeněk Brožbushing,průchodka n: Zdeněk Brož |
bushland (encz) | bushland,buš Zdeněk Brož |
bushman (encz) | Bushman,Bushman n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladBushman,Křovák Martin M. |
bushmen (encz) | bushmen,křováci n: pl. Zdeněk Brožbushmen,obyvatelé buše Zdeněk Brož |
bushwhack (encz) | bushwhack,zákeřně napadnout Zdeněk Brož |
bushwhacker (encz) | bushwhacker,dřevorubec n: Zdeněk Brož |
bushy (encz) | bushy,huňatý adj: Zdeněk Brožbushy,chundelatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
christmas bush (encz) | Christmas bush, |
coral bush (encz) | coral bush, n: |
coyote bush (encz) | coyote bush, n: |
cranberry bush (encz) | cranberry bush, n: |
creosote bush (encz) | creosote bush, n: |
currant bush (encz) | currant bush, n: |
daisy bush (encz) | daisy bush, n: |
daisy-bush (encz) | daisy-bush, n: |
daisybush (encz) | daisybush, n: |
dewberry bush (encz) | dewberry bush, n: |
eggplant bush (encz) | eggplant bush, n: |
elderberry bush (encz) | elderberry bush, n: |
feijoa bush (encz) | feijoa bush, n: |
fetter bush (encz) | fetter bush, n: |
fetterbush (encz) | fetterbush, n: |
fire bush (encz) | fire bush, n: |
fire-bush (encz) | fire-bush, n: |
firebush (encz) | firebush, |
flame bush (encz) | flame bush, n: |
flannel bush (encz) | flannel bush, n: |
flannelbush (encz) | flannelbush, n: |
fringe bush (encz) | fringe bush, n: |
goldenbush (encz) | goldenbush, n: |
gooseberry bush (encz) | gooseberry bush, n: |
grinning like a bushel basketful of possum heads (encz) | grinning like a bushel basketful of possum heads, |
groundsel bush (encz) | groundsel bush, n: |
guava bush (encz) | guava bush, n: |
high-bush blueberry (encz) | high-bush blueberry, n: |
highbush cranberry (encz) | highbush cranberry, n: |
hoary golden bush (encz) | hoary golden bush, n: |
hog plum bush (encz) | hog plum bush, n: |
jujube bush (encz) | jujube bush, n: |
juniper bush (encz) | juniper bush, n: |
kei apple bush (encz) | kei apple bush, n: |
lawyer bush (encz) | lawyer bush, n: |
lawyerbush (encz) | lawyerbush, n: |
little bush (encz) | little bush,keřík n: |
little tiny bush (encz) | little tiny bush,keříček |
low-bush blueberry (encz) | low-bush blueberry, n: |
lowbush cranberry (encz) | lowbush cranberry, n: |
lowbush penstemon (encz) | lowbush penstemon, n: |
marmalade bush (encz) | marmalade bush, n: |
matchbush (encz) | matchbush, n: |
mimosa bush (encz) | mimosa bush, n: |
minnie bush (encz) | minnie bush, n: |
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