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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bush1
▶noun
  • 1 a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length.
  • 2 (the bush) (in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country.

    ■ the vegetation of such a district.

    ■ [as modifier] chiefly S. African uncivilized; primitive.

  • 3 vulgar slang a woman's pubic hair.
  • 4 historical a bunch of ivy as a vintner's sign.
▶verb spread out into a thick clump.
– phrases
go bush Austral./NZ informal run wild.
– origin ME: from OFr. bos, bosc, vars of bois ‘wood’, reinforced by ON buski, of Gmc origin.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bush2
▶noun Brit.
  • 1 a metal lining for a round hole, especially one in which an axle revolves.
  • 2 a sleeve that protects an electric cable where it passes through a panel.
– origin C15: from MDu. busse.



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