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bushes

noun US /ˈbʊʃəz/

plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

An inflected form of bush · plural.

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,854 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,784 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems also: shrub
  2. a large wilderness area
  3. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes also: scrub, chaparral
  4. 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946) also: George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh
  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) also: Vannevar Bush
  6. vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) also: George Bush, George H.W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

bushes in real books

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  • They walked around to the back of the house, between the rigid gooseberry bushes.

    Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1

  • Did light girl laughter ripple through the bushes, As brooks make merry over roots and rushes?

    Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1

  • Then dropping the food in his hand back to the ground, he noiselessly melted into the bushes again.

    The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1

  • A narrow path doubled among the bushes, scores of white tails twinkled before the racing hound, and a hawk rose, whistling shrilly.

    Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1

  • It was rather a series of small clearings, running up into the forest, much overgrown with bushes and briers, and not unromantic.

    In the Wilderness · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1

Nearby in the frequency table

2,850 separate2,851 describe2,852 glimpse2,853 cards 2,854 bushes 2,855 signed2,856 method2,857 expense2,858 compared

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