[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bush/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / bush # bush noun (bush, bushes; the bush) «bush» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A bush is a plant like a small tree with many branches close to the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#m1) 2. The bush (in Australia, New Zealand and Africa) is wild land far from towns, with trees and shrubs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#m2) 3. A bush of hair is a thick mass of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#m3) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x1) - She planted 3 rows of 8 bushes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x2) - There are 15 rose bushes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x3) - How many berries on 6 bushes? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x4) - A rabbit hid under the bush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x5) - We went bushwalking in the Blue Mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x6) - Stop beating around the bush and tell me! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x7) - Bushfires can spread fast in hot, dry weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x8) - "I've found a currant bush; don't pick it." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/#x9) ### 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 Jewish tradition "The bush" means the burning bush where God first spoke to Moses. It burned but was not eaten up by the fire. **Interpretation.** The rabbis read the bush that burned without being consumed as a sign of Israel, who was in the fire of Egypt but was not destroyed. Some say the thorny bush was lowly, to show that God is with the humble. ### Examples - And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.' (Torah EXO.3.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x1) - And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: 'Moses, Moses.' And he said: 'Here am I.' (Torah EXO.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x2) - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. (Torah EXO.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x3) - Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together. (Writings JOB.30.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/#x4) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «bush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bush.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «bush» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bush/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bush» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bush.html) on Mova free.