Definitions for bushing

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bushing bush·ing

Spelling: [boo sh-ing]

IPA: /ˈbʊʃ ɪŋ/

Bushing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in bushing (bghinsu).

Definitions for bushing

noun

1. Electricity. a lining for a hole, intended to insulate and protect from abrasion one or more conductors that pass through it.
2. Machinery. a replaceable thin tube or sleeve, usually of bronze, mounted in a case or housing as a bearing. a replaceable hardened steel tube used as a guide for various tools or parts, as a drill or valve rod.
3. a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
4. a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant.
5. something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair.
6. Also called bush lot. Canadian. a small, wooded lot, especially a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc.
7. the tail of a fox; brush.
8. Geography. a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc.
9. a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle.
10. a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska.
11. a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop.
12. any tavern sign.
13. Slang: Vulgar. pubic hair.
14. Archaic. a wineshop.
15. a lining of metal or the like set into an orifice to guard against wearing by friction, erosion, etc.
16. bushing (def 2).

Idioms

1. beat around / about the bush, to avoid coming to the point; delay in approaching a subject directly:
2. beat the bushes, to scout or search for persons or things far and wide:
3. go bush, Australian. to flee or escape into the bush. Slang. to become wild.

adjective

1. bush-league.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes.
2. to furnish with a bush; line with metal.

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush.

Origin of bushing

First recorded in 1785-95; bush² + -ing¹

Examples for bushing

The labor of bushing and grubbing these acres of lowland was no light one.

B's Indicate the Cushions, or bushing, of felt, cloth or leather.

For a brief second after the escape of the dolly he stood still on the bushing.

The tailstock fixture is also adjustable and it is mounted on a spindle which revolves in a bushing in the tailstock barrel.

The bushing forms a bearing for the work and holds it rigidly.

The bushing is shaped like a "T" with a hole drilled in the stem.

bushing No. 2, which is undergoing the test, should be ⅝ inch from this center line.

Whether a bushing or jaws are used, the turning tool is slightly in advance of the supporting member.

This bar is steadied by its bearing in bushing r in the chuck.

A symmetrically shaped casting like a bushing or lining is often held upon wooden blocks bolted across the carriage.