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bush

/bʊʃ/

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noun

Buisson

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.

Examples :

"The garden club planted several flowering bushes around the perimeter of the schoolyard. "

Le club de jardinage a planté plusieurs buissons fleuris autour du périmètre de la cour de l'école.

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noun

Buisson

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

Examples :

"bushes to support pea vines"

Des buissons pour soutenir les plants de pois

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noun

Buisson, arbuste, taverne

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.

Examples :

"The old, slightly faded bush hanging outside the corner pub was a familiar sight to the students. "

Le vieux buisson légèrement fané accroché à l'extérieur du pub du coin était une vue familière pour les étudiants.

culture drink sign tradition place

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noun

Poils pubiens

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

Examples :

"She carefully trimmed her bush before the summer camp. "

Elle a soigneusement taillé ses poils pubiens avant le camp d'été.

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noun

La queue du renard

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Examples :

"The fox's bushy bush swept the ground as it ran. "

La queue touffue du renard balayait le sol pendant qu'il courait.

animal body part

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verb

Buissonner

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Examples :

"The rose bush bushed out beautifully, filling the entire garden bed with flowers. "

Le rosier a buissonné magnifiquement, remplissant toute la plate-bande de fleurs.

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verb

Fournir de buissons, soutenir avec des buissons

To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

Examples :

"to bush peas"

Fournir des pois de buissons.

agriculture plant environment

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verb

Herser avec une herse arbustive

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

Examples :

"to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground"

Herser un morceau de terre ; herser les graines dans le sol.

agriculture plant environment

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noun

Taverne, cabaret

A tavern or wine merchant.

Examples :

"My grandfather used to frequent the local bush, a popular tavern in town. "

Mon grand-père fréquentait autrefois le cabaret local, une taverne populaire en ville.

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noun

La brousse, la campagne reculée

(often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.

Examples :

"My grandfather's house is nestled deep within the bush, far from any town. "

La maison de mon grand-père est nichée au cœur de la brousse, loin de toute ville.

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noun

Broussailles, buisson

A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

Examples :

"The farmer planted a vegetable garden next to the bush on his property. "

Le fermier a planté un potager à côté du buisson sur sa propriété.

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adverb

Vers l'arrière-pays

Towards the direction of the outback.

Examples :

"On hatching, the chicks scramble to the surface and head bush on their own."

À l'éclosion, les poussins grimpent à la surface et se dirigent vers l'arrière-pays seuls.

direction geography place

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noun

Comportement d'amateur

Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

Examples :

"The team's recent performance was a bit of a bush, lacking the skill and focus of the more experienced players. "

La récente performance de l'équipe était un peu un comportement d'amateur, manquant de compétence et de concentration par rapport aux joueurs plus expérimentés.

attitude character society

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adjective

Amateur, non professionnel

Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

Examples :

"The new student was a bit bush at basketball, missing most of the shots in practice. "

Le nouvel étudiant était un peu amateur au basket-ball, manquant la plupart des tirs à l'entraînement.

quality attitude character

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noun

Bague, douille

A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

Examples :

"The mechanic used a metal bush to replace the worn-out part in the machine. "

Le mécanicien a utilisé une bague métallique pour remplacer la pièce usée dans la machine.

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noun

Douille

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.

Examples :

"The photographer carefully attached the camera to the tripod's bush. "

Le photographe a soigneusement fixé l'appareil photo à la douille du trépied.

technology machine part device

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noun

Bague

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

Examples :

"The gunsmith carefully installed the bush before boring the vent hole. "

L'armurier a soigneusement installé la bague avant de percer le trou d'évent.

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verb

Garnir de buissons ou de doublure

To furnish with a bush or lining.

Examples :

"to bush a pivot hole"

Garnir un trou de pivot.

material building