bush | meaning of bush in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Gardeningbushbush /bʊʃ/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]    1 HBPDLGa plant with many thin branches growing up from the ground → tree, shrub  a rose bush  The child was hiding in the bushes.2 → the bush3 a bush of hair is a lot of thick untidy hair → beat about the bushExamples from the Corpusbush• They lay under a bush near the friendly deer.• The forsythia bushes at the back of the santuario yielded a delicate, sweet scent in the dewy air.• a holly bush• Some oldmen hid in the bushes and tackled the newmen as a prank.• I thought it was a damn silly place to park if some one wanted to take a leak in the bushes.Origin bush (1200-1300) Old French bos, bosc “wood”