bush
part of speech
noun (bush, bushes; the bush)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bush is a plant like a small tree with many branches close to the ground. tree →
2) The bush (in Australia, New Zealand and Africa) is wild land far from towns, with trees and shrubs. tree →
3) A bush of hair is a thick mass of it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school maths: counted plants; berries or flowers on each bush (total = bushes × each); bushes planted in rows (an array). In science: plants, habitats, animals that hide in bushes. In everyday life: rose bushes, blackberry bushes, bushwalking in Australia, bushfires. Phrases: «beat around the bush» (not say something directly), «a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush», «bush fire», «bushwalk».
examples
- Each bush has 20 berries. tree →
- She planted 3 rows of 8 bushes. tree →
- There are 15 rose bushes. tree →
- How many berries on 6 bushes? tree →
- A rabbit hid under the bush. tree →
- We went bushwalking in the Blue Mountains. tree →
- Stop beating around the bush and tell me! tree →
- Bushfires can spread fast in hot, dry weather. tree →
- "I've found a currant bush; don't pick it." tree →
note
Plural «bushes» (add -es). «Shrub» is another word for a bush. Maths: group with a size: total = bushes × each; rows × bushes in a row. Trap: only some bushes may have berries — read which ones. Safety: in the bush, stay on the track and carry water.
In the corpora
- Duikers are small forest antelopes whose name means diver in Afrikaans, because they plunge into thick bushes to escape.
- A sheep called Chris was found in Australia in 2015 after years lost in the bush, carrying over forty kilograms of wool.
- The tiny wren has one of the loudest songs for its size, which carries through thick bushes.
- Buddleia, called the butterfly bush, is full of nectar and attracts many butterflies to a garden.
- In cartoons potatoes grow on trees and carrots wink from bushes.
Trees and pragmatics
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