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bushing
  1. (mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
  2. (mechanical engineering) An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
  3. (mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing, is a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
  4. (electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
  5. An adapter for joining pipes of different size.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The front end is contained within a tapered bushing that mates with a corresponding taper in the slide.”
      “The impeller on the water pump was just about gone and the bushing holding it to the shaft was cracked.”
      “To assemble the unit, thread the nipple into the ball valve, then thread the nipple into the bushing.”
bushwhacker
  1. (US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
  2. (Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
  3. (US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
  4. (dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
  5. A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
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  7. Examples:
    1. “If the enemy was this barbarian from the backwoods, well and good! It would be foolish to take offence at this old bushwhacker.”
      “But the bushwhacker from Africa achieved a surprising degree of success and, on his own initiative, founded the University of Hong Kong.”
      “Pool equipment and acc., patio furniture, window treatments, firewood, dehumidifier, lawnmower, bushwhacker.”
bush
  1. (horticulture) 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.
  2. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
  3. (historical) 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.
  4. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “He drove the party through the grounds, sometimes over clumps of bush and through shrubbery as he lost the way in his excitement.”
      “You can crank up the thrill factor by sleeping under canvas, with the wild sounds of the bush pressing in through the walls of your tent.”
bushwhacking
  1. travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
  2. fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
  3. criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
bush
  1. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
  2. 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.
  3. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He drove the party through the grounds, sometimes over clumps of bush and through shrubbery as he lost the way in his excitement.”
      “You can crank up the thrill factor by sleeping under canvas, with the wild sounds of the bush pressing in through the walls of your tent.”
bushranger
  1. (Australia, historical) A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush.
  2. (Australia, obsolete) A person skilled in bushcraft.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Well, even though he was executed 122 years ago, bushranger Ned Kelly continues to have a strange hold over the nation's imagination.”
      “This is no ordinary bushranger, but a man pushed too far, fighting not just for himself but his class.”
      “A third film of this period was based upon a popular play in which a bushranger was conspicuously featured.”
bush
  1. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
    1. (Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
    2. (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
    3. (Canada) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
  2. (Canada) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “He drove the party through the grounds, sometimes over clumps of bush and through shrubbery as he lost the way in his excitement.”
      “You can crank up the thrill factor by sleeping under canvas, with the wild sounds of the bush pressing in through the walls of your tent.”
bushcraft
  1. The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “John's extensive bushcraft enabled him to navigate through dense forests, build shelters, and procure food during his solo hiking adventure.”
      “Bushrangers survived by being skilled in bushcraft, but the bush generally did not afford them a living.”
      “During the week, the 24 contestants will be divided into teams of six and will learn about basic survival techniques and bushcraft.”
bushman
  1. (Australia) A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “My grandfather, a true bushman, taught me the essential survival skills needed to thrive in the vast Australian outback.”
      “Only professional translators whose native language is Vasekela bushman perform our English to Vasekela bushman translation.”
      “Then Mr Frost transformed from a rather frail-looking elderly man into an agile bushman.”
bushranging
bushboy
  1. A young bushman; a boy who lives or camps in the bush.
bushmanship
  1. The survival skills of a bushman.
bush
  1. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He drove the party through the grounds, sometimes over clumps of bush and through shrubbery as he lost the way in his excitement.”
      “You can crank up the thrill factor by sleeping under canvas, with the wild sounds of the bush pressing in through the walls of your tent.”
bushwoman
  1. A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
bush
  1. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He drove the party through the grounds, sometimes over clumps of bush and through shrubbery as he lost the way in his excitement.”
      “You can crank up the thrill factor by sleeping under canvas, with the wild sounds of the bush pressing in through the walls of your tent.”
bushcamp
  1. A campsite located in the bush.
bushperson
bushiness
  1. The characteristic of being bushy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “You can increase the bushiness of the plant by pinching out the tips of the main stems 3 weeks after planting.”
      “The tail varies from complete absence to a great length and bushiness in the aye-aye.”
      “The trend for bushiness will be welcomed by anyone familiar with the dangers of overplucking.”
bushet
  1. A small bush.
bushwhackings
  1. plural of bushwhacking
bushwhackers
bushpeople
  1. plural of bushperson
bushrangers
  1. plural of bushranger
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Of far greater interest are paintings which record individual pioneering endeavour, exploration, or bushrangers.”
      “After the ambush, bushrangers chased the war party through the bush, burning whares at Te Ahu Ahu Pa and Waikukupa Pa, both of which had already been abandoned.”
      “The fort was escaladed by the French late at night and the palisades made short work of by the hatchets of their bushrangers.”
bushwomen
  1. plural of bushwoman
bushcrafts
bushcamps
  1. plural of bushcamp
bushmen
  1. plural of bushman
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Of those fifteen per cent who did have some experience many had only worked as farm labourers, gardeners, station hands, dairymen or bushmen.”
      “The bushmen clung in the rigging, too witless to watch out for the topmast.”
      “A bunch of Australian bushmen stumbling onto a ramjet and trying to figure out how it works.”
bushboys
  1. plural of bushboy
bushings
bushets
  1. plural of bushet
bushes
  1. plural of bush
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  3. Examples:
    1. “We'll hide in the bushes tonight, and when those thieves come back, we'll nab 'em!”
      “Elizabeth showed Aaron her lilac bushes, which she'd planted herself and nursed until they were hearty and all abloom.”
      “So now you have 2 great methods for successfully transplanting rose bushes.”
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