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ambush
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n 1: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack
by surprise [syn: ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait,
trap]
v 1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper,
bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait]
2: hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing [syn: still-hunt,
ambush]
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bush
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adj 1: not of the highest quality or sophistication [syn: bush-
league, bush]
n 1: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major
stems [syn: shrub, bush]
2: a large wilderness area
3: dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes [syn:
scrub, chaparral, bush]
4: 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert
Walker Bush (born in 1946) [syn: Bush, George Bush,
George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush,
President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya]
5: 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) [syn: Bush,
Vannevar Bush]
6: vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United
States (born in 1924) [syn: Bush, George Bush, George
H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush]
7: hair growing in the pubic area [syn: pubic hair, bush,
crotch hair]
v 1: provide with a bushing
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mush
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n 1: any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp" [syn:
pulp, mush]
2: cornmeal boiled in water [syn: mush, cornmeal mush]
3: writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
[syn: treacle, mush, slop, glop]
4: a journey by dogsled
v 1: drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)
2: travel with a dogsled [syn: dogsled, mush]
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push
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n 1: the act of applying force in order to move something away;
"he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good
exercise" [syn: push, pushing]
2: the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the
walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" [syn:
push, thrust]
3: enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at
American energy" [syn: energy, push, get-up-and-go]
4: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was
operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated
a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button]
5: an effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea"
v 1: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" [syn:
push, force] [ant: draw, force, pull]
2: press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of
an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" [syn:
push, bear on]
3: make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is
aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is
heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: advertise,
advertize, promote, push]
4: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for
years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to
make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral
thesis" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push, drive]
5: press against forcefully without moving; "she pushed against
the wall with all her strength"
6: approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty" [syn:
push, crowd]
7: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to
gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or
person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for
reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is
pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight,
press, campaign, push, agitate]
8: sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs);
"The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
9: move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd pushed forward"
10: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the
baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" [syn:
press, push]
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rosebush
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n 1: any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses [syn:
rose, rosebush]
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saltbush
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n 1: any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that
thrive in dry alkaline soil
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shadbush
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n 1: any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy
white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit [syn:
Juneberry, serviceberry, service tree, shadbush,
shadblow]
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shush
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v 1: silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'
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spicebush
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n 1: deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly
aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by
scarlet or yellow berries [syn: spicebush, spice bush,
American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Lindera benzoin,
Benzoin odoriferum]
2: straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States
having fragrant brown flowers [syn: spicebush, California
allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis]
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swoosh
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n 1: the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or
liquid) [syn: swoosh, whoosh]
v 1: move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing
sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The
curtain swooshed open" [syn: lap, swish, swosh,
swoosh]
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tush
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n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
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squawbush
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n 1: deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented
usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit [syn:
squawbush, squaw-bush, skunkbush, Rhus trilobata]
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fetterbush
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n 1: ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States
having small white bell-shaped flowers [syn: fetterbush,
mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, Pieris
floribunda]
2: showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with
shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to
reddish flowers that resemble an umbel [syn: fetterbush,
fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida]
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busche
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cush
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busch
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kush
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wimbush
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wedbush
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winbush
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butterbush
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federbush
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firebush
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hobblebush
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quackenbush
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quakenbush
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raudenbush
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ritterbusch
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roudabush
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roudebush
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sugarbush
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vanderbush
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