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name
George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, derogatory
Topics: government, politics
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noun
A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bush
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noun
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A word mispronounced by replacing some consonant sounds with others of a similar place of articulation as influenced by one's mother tongue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Kenya, slang
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verb
To lop; to prune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To plant a shrub in a yard, garden, etc.; to prune a bush or other plant into a shrub.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
To make or drink a shrub (liquor drink).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
To mispronounce (a word or words) in another language in a manner that is influenced by one's mother tongue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Kenya, ambitransitive, slang
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noun
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bush
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woody plant, ligneous plant
Narrower terms: Catha edulis, ephedra, joint fir, alpine totara, Podocarpus nivalis, Chilean rimu, Lepidothamnus fonkii, mountain rimu, Lepidothamnus laxifolius, Dacridium laxifolius, Tasman dwarf pine, Microstrobos niphophilus, barberry, blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, hollygrape, mountain grape, holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium, Mahonia nervosa, allspice, Japan allspice, Japanese allspice, winter sweet, Chimonanthus praecox, spicebush, spice bush, American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Lindera benzoin, Benzoin odoriferum, pepper shrub, Pseudowintera colorata, Wintera colorata, sweet gale, Scotch gale, Myrica gale, wax myrtle, sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina, Comptonia asplenifolia, corkwood, corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana, mimosa, Anadenanthera colubrina, Piptadenia macrocarpa, calliandra, sabicu, Lysiloma sabicu, cat's-claw, catclaw, black bead, Pithecellodium unguis-cati, mesquite, mesquit, poison arrow plant, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis, bushman's poison, ordeal tree, Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata, impala lily, mock azalia, desert rose, kudu lily, Adenium obesum, Adenium multiflorum, carissa, frangipani, frangipanni, rauwolfia, rauvolfia, strophanthus, crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricate, yellow oleander, Thevetia peruviana, Thevetia neriifolia, American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa, Japanese angelica tree, Aralia elata, Chinese angelica, Chinese angelica tree, Aralia stipulata, umbrella tree, Schefflera actinophylla, Brassaia actinophylla, saltwort, Batis maritima, saltbush, summer cypress, burning bush, fire bush, fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia, winged pigweed, tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Russian cactus, Salsola kali tenuifolia, greasewood, black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, caper, buckler mustard, Biscutalla laevigata, bush poppy, tree poppy, silversword, Argyroxiphium sandwicense, artemisia, groundsel tree, groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifolia, mule fat, Baccharis viminea, coyote brush, coyote bush, chaparral broom, kidney wort, Baccharis pilularis, goldenbush, hoary golden bush, Hazardia cana, mutisia, daisybush, daisy-bush, daisy bush, othonna, lavender cotton, Santolina chamaecyparissus, dusty miller, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima, sow thistle, milk thistle, coralberry, spiceberry, Ardisia crenata, marlberry, Ardisia escallonoides, Ardisia paniculata, leadwort, Plumbago europaea, bracelet wood, Jacquinia armillaris, barbasco, joewood, Jacquinia keyensis, mallow, cotton, cotton plant, tree mallow, velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, Lavatera arborea, pavonia, bush hibiscus, Radyera farragei, Hibiscus farragei, makomako, New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa, dombeya, flannelbush, flannel bush, California beauty, screw tree, honey bell, honeybells, Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata, phalsa, Grewia asiatica, African hemp, Sparmannia africana, protea, banksia, smoke bush, Chilean firebush, Chilean flameflower, Embothrium coccineum, Chilean nut, Chile nut, Chile hazel, Chilean hazelnut, Guevina heterophylla, Guevina avellana, grevillea, cushion flower, pincushion hakea, Hakea laurina, needlewood, needle-wood, needle wood, Hakea leucoptera, needlebush, needle-bush, needle bush, Hakea lissosperma, honeyflower, honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa, lomatia, geebung, waratah, Telopea Oreades, Telopea speciosissima, native pear, woody pear, Xylomelum pyriforme, heath, andromeda, arbutus, bearberry, manzanita, bryanthus, leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calyculata, trailing arbutus, mayflower, Epigaea repens, salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallon, huckleberry, kalmia, Labrador tea, crystal tea, Ledum groenlandicum, trapper's tea, glandular Labrador tea, wild rosemary, marsh tea, Ledum palustre, sand myrtle, Leiophyllum buxifolium, leucothoe, dog laurel, dog hobble, switch-ivy, Leucothoe fontanesiana, Leucothoe editorum, sweet bells, Leucothoe racemosa, alpine azalea, mountain azalea, Loiseleuria procumbens, staggerbush, stagger bush, Lyonia mariana, maleberry, male berry, privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina, fetterbush, fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida, false azalea, fool's huckleberry, Menziesia ferruginea, minniebush, minnie bush, Menziesia pilosa, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica, mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, Pieris floribunda, rhododendron, cranberry, blueberry, blueberry bush, sweet pepperbush, pepper bush, summer sweet, white alder, Clethra alnifolia, pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata, Australian heath, native cranberry, groundberry, ground-berry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, pink fivecorner, Styphelia triflora, dwarf golden chinkapin, Chrysolepis sempervirens, huckleberry oak, Quercus vaccinifolia, forestiera, forsythia, jasmine, privet, mock privet, lilac, witch hazel, witch hazel plant, wych hazel, wych hazel plant, winter hazel, flowering hazel, fothergilla, witch alder, hiccup nut, hiccough nut, Combretum bracteosum, oleaster, crape myrtle, crepe myrtle, crepe flower, Lagerstroemia indica, feijoa, feijoa bush, fuchsia, daphne, leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris, Indian rhododendron, Melastoma malabathricum, Medinilla magnifica, guinea gold vine, guinea flower, wild cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana, Canella-alba, rockrose, rock rose, helianthemum, sunrose, sun rose, governor's plum, governor plum, Madagascar plum, ramontchi, batoko palm, Flacourtia indica, kei apple, kei apple bush, Dovyalis caffra, wild peach, Kiggelaria africana, xylosma, Xylosma congestum, candlewood, bird's-eye bush, Ochna serrulata, tamarisk, false tamarisk, German tamarisk, Myricaria germanica, cannabis, hemp, butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus, ti, Cordyline terminalis, yucca, butterfly bush, buddleia, Mysore thorn, Caesalpinia decapetala, Caesalpinia sepiaria, butterfly flower, Bauhinia monandra, paloverde, Jerusalem thorn, horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata, Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea, Cytisus ramentaceus, senna, amorpha, bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil, Anagyris foetida, Jupiter's beard, silverbush, silver-bush, Anthyllis barba-jovis, rooibos, Aspalathus linearis, Aspalathus cedcarbergensis, pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan, pea tree, caragana, western redbud, California redbud, Cercis occidentalis, tagasaste, Chamaecytisus palmensis, Cytesis proliferus, flame pea, glory pea, clianthus, telegraph plant, semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium motorium, Desmodium gyrans, bladder senna, Colutea arborescens, coronilla, broom, smoke tree, Dalea spinosa, bitter pea, derris, poison bush, poison pea, gastrolobium, chanar, chanal, Geoffroea decorticans, salt tree, Halimodendron halodendron, Halimodendron argenteum, hovea, purple pea, indigo, indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria, tree lupine, Lupinus arboreus, mucuna, chaparral pea, stingaree-bush, Pickeringia montana, flat pea, Platylobium formosum, common flat pea, native holly, Playlobium obtusangulum, retem, raetam, juniper bush, juniper, Retama raetam, Genista raetam, bristly locust, rose acacia, moss locust, Robinia hispida, coral bush, flame bush, Templetonia retusa, gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, swamp oak, Viminaria juncea, Viminaria denudata, rose, rosebush, Juneberry, serviceberry, service tree, shadbush, shadblow, flowering quince, cotoneaster, hawthorn, haw, toyon, tollon, Christmasberry, Christmas berry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, cinquefoil, five-finger, cherry laurel, laurel cherry, Prunus laurocerasus, sand cherry, Prunus pumila, Prunus pumilla susquehanae, Prunus susquehanae, Prunus cuneata, blackthorn, sloe, Prunus spinosa, Pyracantha, pyracanth, fire thorn, firethorn, spirea, spiraea, blolly, West Indian snowberry, Chiococca alba, gardenia, hamelia, fever tree, Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens, negro peach, Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus, abelia, bush honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera, Diervilla sessilifolia, beauty bush, Kolkwitzia amabilis, Himalaya honeysuckle, Leycesteria formosa, honeysuckle, Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, elder, elderberry bush, cranberry bush, cranberry tree, American cranberry bush, highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum, wayfaring tree, twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana, guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus, arrow wood, southern arrow wood, Viburnum dentatum, Viburnum recognitum, black haw, Viburnum prunifolium, weigela, Weigela florida, Erythroxylon coca, coca, coca plant, Erythroxylon truxiuense, bean caper, Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago, creosote bush, coville, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata, box, boxwood, staff tree, spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree, wahoo, Euonymus atropurpureus, strawberry bush, Euonymus americanus, cyrilla, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora, crowberry, Chinese holly, Ilex cornuta, laurel sumac, Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina, mastic, mastic tree, lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus, sumac, sumach, shumac, buckthorn, styrax, hydrangea, philadelphus, climbing hydrangea, Schizophragma hydrangeoides, bridal wreath, bridal-wreath, Francoa ramosa, currant, currant bush, gooseberry, gooseberry bush, Ribes uva-crispa, Ribes grossularia, caricature plant, Graptophyllum pictum, desert willow, Chilopsis linearis, columnea, yerba santa, Eriodictyon californicum, Apalachicola rosemary, Conradina glabra, lavender, pitcher sage, Lepechinia calycina, Sphacele calycina, patchouli, patchouly, pachouli, Pogostemon cablin, red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon, naranjilla, Solanum quitoense, potato tree, Brazilian potato tree, Solanum wrightii, Solanum macranthum, lady-of-the-night, Brunfelsia americana, angel's trumpet, maikoa, Brugmansia arborea, Datura arborea, Brugmansia suaveolens, Datura suaveolens, red angel's trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea, Datura sanguinea, capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant, day jessamine, Cestrum diurnum, night jasmine, night jessamine, Cestrum nocturnum, tree tomato, tamarillo, thorn apple, pichi, Fabiana imbricata, matrimony vine, boxthorn, Lycium carolinianum, chalice vine, trumpet flower, cupflower, Solandra guttata, marmalade bush, Streptosolen jamesonii, spurge, three-seeded mercury, Acalypha virginica, croton, Croton tiglium, Codiaeum variegatum, castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis, cassava, casava, slipper spurge, slipper plant, camellia, camelia, tea, Camellia sinensis, sea holly, sea holm, sea eryngium, Eryngium maritimum, puka, Griselinia lucida, kapuka, Griselinia littoralis, undershrub, shrublet, subshrub, suffrutex, flowering shrub, jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Ziziphus jujuba, lotus tree, Ziziphus lotus, Paliurus spina-christi, stephanotis
History
A play on his surname Bush, a shrub being a smaller bush, thus indicating that he is the junior Bush in relation to his father George H. W. Bush. Popularized by American newspaper columnist Molly Ivins (1944–2007), who co-wrote Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush (2000) with Lou Dubose.
From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob (in placenames) and sċrybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”). Doublet of scrub.
From Arabic شِرَاب (širāb, “a drink, beverage”), شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”), akin to syrup, sherbet, and sorbet.
Of unknown origin. First attested in the 2000s. Chiefly used in respect to English or Swahili pronounced in a manner characteristic of another Kenyan language.
Across languages
126 source translations are retained for this English entry.
