<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.</li><li>a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant.</li><li>something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair.</li><li>Also called bush lot.</li><li>Canadian: a small, wooded lot, especially a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc.</li><li>the tail of a fox; brush.</li><li>Geography: a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc.</li><li>a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle.</li><li>a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska.</li><li>a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop.</li><li>any tavern sign.</li><li>Slang: Vulgar. pubic hair.</li><li>Archaic: a wineshop.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush.</li><li>(used with object) to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>bush-league.</li></ul>