Meaning of shrub | Babel Free

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1. 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.
   countable, uncountable
2. A word mispronounced by replacing some consonant sounds with others of a similar place of articulation as influenced by one's mother tongue.
   Kenya, slang
3. George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
   US, derogatory
4. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
5. A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush.
6. sprig
7. A beverage made from fruit juice, sugar, and a liquor such as rum or brandy.
8. mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus
9. a woody plant smaller than a tree, usu. having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.
10. plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae)
11. A woody plant that is smaller than a tree, usually having several stems rather than a single trunk; a bush.
12. third-person singular present indicative
13. a small bush or woody plant. He has planted bushes and shrubs in his garden. struik شُجَيْرَه، جَنَبَه шубрак arbusto keřík der Strauch busk θάμνος, χαμόδεντροarbusto puhmas بوته pensas arbusteשיח झाड़ी grm, žbun bokor semak-semak, belukar runni arbusto 低木 관목 krūmas krūms pokok renek struikbuskkrzew بوټى، ګلپوټى arbusto arbust куст ker grmič žbun buske ต้นไม้เตี้ย ๆ çalı, funda 矮樹，灌木 кущ, чагарник جھاڑ cây bụi 灌木
14. a part of a garden where shrubs are grown. struike رُكْن في حَديقَه تَكْثُر فيه الشُّجَيْرات кът с храсти jardim de arbustos křoviny das Gesträuch buskads θαμνότοπος arbustos, matas puhmasistandik بوته زار pensaikko (massif d') arbustes חֶלקַת שִׂיחִים झाड़ी, झुरमुट, झाड़-झंकाड़ grmlje, nasad ukrasnog grmlja bozót semak samun runnagróður boschetto 低木の植え込み 관목 숲 krûmynas krūmājs rumpun pokok renek heesterperk buskas; hekk kępa krzewów بوټى لرونكى مځكه، بوټيانه jardim de arbustos desiş de arbuşt...
15. (Plants) a woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, with several major branches arising from near the base of the main stem
16. (Brewing) a mixed drink of rum, fruit juice, sugar, and spice
17. (Brewing) mixed fruit juice, sugar, and spice made commercially to be mixed with rum or other spirits
18. an appetizer of sweetened fruit juice, often topped with sherbet.

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Examples

“No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.”

“Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.”

“It is not only in face-to-face contexts that Kenyans police shrubbing; there are newspaper columns inviting readers to send in shrubs that they have witnessed, […]”

“One of the first people to go on air on X Fm, Raabia (It’s not a kuyu [Kikuyu] shrub for labia) is about to exit the station, she’s being replaced by Mao (their lispy producer) […]”

“Ann Richards [...] is running for reelection as Governor of Texas against George W. Bush, a Republican and the eldest son of the former President. […] She derides him as “all hat and no cattle.” […] Her followers hand out bumper stickers saying: “Don't elect the son-of-a-Bush.” They call him “Shrub.””

“For the past five days, mostly in New York and SC, the Shrub has apparently been running ads that characterize McCain’s policy proposals in what Murphy terms a “willfully distorting” way.”

“If this tax-cut were proposed in exactly opposite proportions, conservatives would be screaming about communist re-distribution of wealth and having aneurysms right and left. It’s much better when the rich take from the poor. After all, the American rich are oppressed and deserve this windfall. Shrub said so. It must be true.”

“It seems that a recent letter opines that President Shrub deserves our loyalty simply because we can’t possibly know his decision making “unless we were to step into the role as president.” […] As to our inability to understand his choices, Shrub has a record in Texas.”

“Less than 24 hours after the idiot Shrub gives that disasterous inaugural speech of his, the Shrub's daddy goes to the media to apologize to the world for his son's crazy talk. Shrub's daddy is now going around trying to reassure other countries that his son didn't really mean what he said and that he is not really going to invade them after all.”

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