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1.nounA 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.nounA shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree."bushes to support pea vines"
3.nounA 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.nounA person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
5.nounThe tail, or brush, of a fox.
6.nounA tavern or wine merchant.
7.noun(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
8.nounA woodlot or bluff on a farm.
9.nounA thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
10.nounA mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
11.nounA piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.