bush vs climber

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. 

adv
  • Towards the direction of the outback. 

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. 

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

climber

noun
  • A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support. 

  • A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially. 

  • Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on. 

  • A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl. 

  • A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads. 

  • Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”) 

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