blackthorn vs bush

blackthorn

noun
  • A stick or staff taken from this tree. 

  • A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns. 

bush

noun
  • A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree. 

  • A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand. 

  • The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry. 

  • An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest. 

  • A woodlot or bluff on a farm. 

  • A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. 

  • Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated. 

  • A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal. 

  • A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's. 

  • Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior" 

  • A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category. 

  • A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. 

  • The tail, or brush, of a fox. 

  • The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations. 

verb
  • To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. 

  • To set bushes for; to support with bushes. 

  • To become bushy (often used with up). 

  • To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush. 

  • To furnish with a bush or lining; to line. 

adv
  • Towards the direction of the outback. 

adj
  • Not skilled; not professional; not major league. 

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