1. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   "They planted a row of flowering bushes along the driveway";
   - shrub
    
2. Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
   "The California hillsides were covered in bush, providing habitat for many species";
   - scrub, chaparral [N. Amer]
    
3. A large wilderness area
   "They went on a safari in the African bush"
    
4. [vulgar] Hair growing in the pubic area
   "The medical diagram labelled the bush as pubic hair";
   - pubic hair, crotch hair [informal]
    
5. [Cdn] An area planted with trees for timber or fuel
   - woodlot [N. Amer], wood lot [N. Amer], plantation

1. Not of the highest quality or sophistication
   "His bush-league performance disappointed the audience";
   - bush-league [N. Amer, informal]

1. Provide with a bushing
   "The mechanic bushed the worn-out bearing"

1. 41st President of the United States (1989-1993) and vice president under Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) (born 1924, died 2018)
   - George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush
    
2. 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
   - George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh [informal], Dubya [informal]
    
3. 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)
   - Vannevar Bush

Derived forms: bushing, bushes, bushed

See also: inferior

Type of: botany, Chief Executive, electrical engineer, flora, furnish, hair, ligneous plant, offer, POTUS [US, informal], President, President of the United States, provide, render, supply, United States President, vegetation, wild, wilderness, woody plant

Part of: adult body, shrubbery

Encyclopedia: Bush, Lynn