Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bush out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: bush out
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be bushy; to protrude in a thick tuft.

Intransitive verb

verb

To become bushy; to grow into the form of a thick tuft.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause (something) to protrude in a thick tuft.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[The Grizzly] has a heavy head, a rather wolflike face, with full cheek tufts of fur bushing out well up to the ears,"
"Round the broken top of the tower the ivy bushed out, old and handsome."
"[…] his thick, iron-gray hair was brushed straight back from his forehead. It was so long that it bushed out behind his ears […]"
"Removing the shoots on the side of the plant will encourage it to grow upward instead of bushing out."
"[The walls] were all couered ouer with a crusting of Pearle, close ioyned and set together: and towardes the toppe, there sprouted out greene yuie, the leaues thickning and bushing out from the Pearles,"
"[…] the Dog becomes more beautifull by cutting the toppe of his sterne: for then will it bush out very gallantly,"

Usage

Inflected Forms

bushes out (present, singular) bushing out (participle, present) bushed out (participle, past) bushed out (past)

Questions

What does bush out mean?: To be bushy; to protrude in a thick tuft.

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