Bush vs. Forest

Bushnoun

(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.

Bushnoun

A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.

Bushnoun

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

Bushnoun

(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.

Bushnoun

(hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Bushnoun

(archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.

Bushnoun

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

Bushnoun

(Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.

Bushnoun

(New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.

Bushnoun

(Canadian) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.

Bushnoun

(Canadian) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.

Bushnoun

(baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"

Bushnoun

A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.

Bushnoun

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.

Bushnoun

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

Bushverb

(intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushverb

To set bushes for; to support with bushes.

Bushverb

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

Bushverb

(transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.

Bushadverb

(Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.

Bushadjective

(colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.

Bushnoun

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

Bushnoun

A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

Bushnoun

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.

Bushnoun

A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

Bushnoun

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

Bushnoun

A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.

Bushnoun

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

Bushverb

To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.

Bushverb

To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

Bushverb

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.

Bushverb

To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

Bushnoun

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

Bushnoun

a large wilderness area

Bushnoun

dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

Bushnoun

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

Bushnoun

United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)

Bushnoun

Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)

Bushnoun

hair growing in the pubic area

Bushverb

provide with a bushing

Bushadjective

not of the highest quality or sophistication

Bushnoun

a shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length

Bushnoun

a bunch of ivy as a vintner's sign.

Bushnoun

(especially in Australia and Africa) wild or uncultivated country

Bushnoun

vegetation growing in the bush

Bushnoun

indigenous rainforest.

Bushnoun

uncivilized or primitive

Bushnoun

a luxuriant growth of thick hair or fur

Bushnoun

a woman's pubic hair.

Bushnoun

a metal lining for a round hole, especially one in which an axle revolves.

Bushnoun

a bearing for a revolving shaft.

Bushnoun

a sleeve that protects an electric cable where it passes through a panel.

Bushverb

spread out into a thick clump

Forestnoun

A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods.

Forestnoun

Any dense collection or amount.

Forestnoun

(historical) A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.

Forestnoun

(graph theory) A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.

Forestnoun

A group of domains that are managed as a unit.

Forestnoun

The colour forest green.

Forestverb

(transitive) To cover an area with trees.

Forestnoun

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.

Forestnoun

A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.

Forestadjective

Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.

Forestverb

To cover with trees or wood.

Forestnoun

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

Forestnoun

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

Forestverb

establish a forest on previously unforested land;

Forestnoun

a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth

Forestnoun

an area, typically owned by the sovereign and partly wooded, kept for hunting and having its own laws.

Forestnoun

denoting an area that was formerly a royal forest

Forestnoun

a large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects

Forestverb

cover (land) with forest; plant with trees

Forest

A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function.