All English words - page 688

Meanings of Busboy:

noun

A young man who clears tables in a restaurant or cafe.

Usage examples:

At the nearby desert diner, dishes clatter as busboys set tables for the lunch crowd and crank the …

Meanings of Buscarl:

noun

In (late) anglo-saxon and anglo-norman england: a member of a body of men retained, apparently usually by the king, to guard the coast.

Meanings of Bush:

noun

A shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length.

Usage examples:

A rose bush

verb

Spread out into a thick clump.

Usage examples:

Her hair bushed out like a halo

Meanings of Bush-league:

noun

Another name for minor league

Usage examples:

He sometimes played in the bush leagues under a false name., we played on the same team in the bush…

Meanings of Bush-telegraph:

noun

The informal way in which information quickly spreads from person to person

Meanings of Bushbaby:

noun

A small nocturnal tree-dwelling african primate with very large eyes.

Usage examples:

Only in recent decades have prosimians - a suborder of primates that includes lemurs, lorises, bush…

Meanings of Bushbuck:

noun

A small antelope with a reddish-brown coat with white markings, found in southern africa.

Usage examples:

Across the open grasslands are scattered various members of the antelope family - horned bushbucks,…

Meanings of Bushbucks:

noun

A small antelope with a reddish-brown coat with white markings, found in southern africa.

Usage examples:

Across the open grasslands are scattered various members of the antelope family - horned bushbucks,…

Meanings of Bushed:

adjective

Tired out; exhausted.

Usage examples:

Unless you're totally bushed, it's best to press on

verb

Spread out into a thick clump.

Usage examples:

Her hair bushed out like a halo

Meanings of Bushels:

noun

A measure of capacity equal to 8 gallons (equivalent to 36.4 litres), used for corn, fruit, liquids, etc.

Meanings of Bushido:

noun

The code of honour and morals developed by the japanese samurai.

Usage examples:

Hara kiri developed as an integral part of the code of bushido and the discipline of the samurai wa…

Meanings of Bushie:

noun

A person who lives in the bush (as distinct from in a town), typically regarded as uncultured or unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

Cultural wonders that bushies like me were despised for not having

adjective

Growing thickly.

Usage examples:

A dense, bushy plant

Meanings of Bushland:

noun

Wild or uncultivated country.

Usage examples:

166 acres of bushland

Meanings of Bushlands:

noun

Wild or uncultivated country.

Usage examples:

166 acres of bushland

Meanings of Bushmasters:

noun

A pit viper which is the largest venomous snake in the new world, found in central and south america.

Usage examples:

Ever since i was a kid names like fer-de-lance and bushmaster have been magical to me.

Meanings of Bushmen:

noun

A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of southern africa, especially of the kalahari desert. traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherers, many are now employed by farmers.

Meanings of Bushranging:

verb

Hold up and rob people, especially travellers.

Usage examples:

I keep the gear close to me for fear of seeing it bushranged

Meanings of Bushtit:

noun

A small american songbird of the long-tailed tit family, with mainly pale grey plumage and sometimes a black mask.

Usage examples:

His research included classic works on quail, bushtits, mexican and south american thrushes, new wo…

Meanings of Bushveld:

noun

A region in the hot dry north-east of south africa and adjoining countries.

Usage examples:

The children were mesmerised with how unique, in the context of world resorts, this one in the bush…

Meanings of Bushwa:

noun

Rubbish, nonsense.

Usage examples:

Not only is this bushwah: it is pernicious bushwah.

Meanings of Bushwhacked:

adjective

Exhausted or worn out.

Usage examples:

It's been a long day and we're completely bushwhacked

verb

Live or travel in wild or uncultivated country.

Usage examples:

For 12 years, he has bushwhacked across southern utah

Meanings of Bushwhacker:

noun

A person who clears land in bush country.

Usage examples:

The cedar surf is about surf shacks, back roads, bushwhackers, hitchhikers and squatters in the rai…

Meanings of Bushwhacking:

noun

The activity of living or travelling in wild or uncultivated country.

Usage examples:

I have not seen a bear yet after seven days of bushwhacking

verb

Live or travel in wild or uncultivated country.

Usage examples:

For 12 years, he has bushwhacked across southern utah

Meanings of Bushwhacks:

verb

Live or travel in wild or uncultivated country.

Usage examples:

For 12 years, he has bushwhacked across southern utah

Meanings of Bushy:

adjective

Growing thickly.

Usage examples:

A dense, bushy plant

noun

A person who lives in the bush (as distinct from in a town), typically regarded as uncultured or unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

Cultural wonders that bushies like me were despised for not having