1. [n]  hair growing in the pubic area
2. [n]  dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
3. [n]  a large wilderness area
4. [n]  Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (1924-)
5. [n]  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)
6. [n]  43rd President of the United States (born in 1946)
7. [n]  
8. [v]  provide with a bushing

1. \Bush\, 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.
   
   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.
   
   2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
      the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
   
            To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
            flowers.                              --Gascoigne.
   
   3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
      bushes to support pea vines.
   
   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.
   
            If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
            true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
   
   5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
   
   {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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the serval. See {Serval}.
   
   {Bush chat} (Zo["o]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of
      the Thrush family.
   
   {Bush dog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Potto}.
   
   {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary.
   
   {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}.
   
   {Bush hog} (Zo["o]l.), a South African wild hog
      ({Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig},
      and {water hog}.
   
   {Bush master} (Zo["o]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus})
      of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}.
   
   {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
   
   
   {Bush shrike} (Zo["o]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus},
      and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species
      inhabit tropical America.
   
   {Bush tit} (Zo["o]l.), a small bird of the genus
      {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus}
      inhabits California.
   
   

2. \Bush\, v. i.
   To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. ``The bushing
   alders.'' --Pope.
   
   

3. \Bush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bushed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Bushing}.]
   1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush
      peas.
   
   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.
   
   

4. \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.
   
   Note: In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box,
         particularly in the United States.
   
   2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through
      which the venthole is bored. --Farrow.
   
   

5. \Bush\, v. t.
   To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.
   
   

in which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say what particular kind of plant or bush is here meant. Probably it was the mimosa or acacia. The words "in the bush" in Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37, mean "in the passage or paragraph on the bush;" i.e., in Ex. 3.