underbrush en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís Proto-Germanic *bʰurstís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush English underbrush From under- + brush.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
How quick the eye and hand to catch him [the ruffed grouse] when he rises from the underbrush and is out of sight in the wood before the untrained sportsman stops him with what is little more than a snapshot, so instantaneously must all be done!
1892, Stanley Waterloo, A Man and a Woman:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underbrushes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
understory · undergrowth · underbush
Translations (16)
hu aljnövényzet (small trees) · grc ῥώψ (small trees) · bg шубрак (small trees) · ja 下生え (small trees) · pl podszycie (small trees) · ru подле́сок (small trees) · ca sotabosc (small trees) · pl podszyt (small trees) · ca malesa (small trees) · fr sous-bois (small trees) · sv undervegetation (small trees) · bg горски храсти (small trees) · sv snårskog (small trees) · cs podrost (small trees) · de Unterholz (small trees) · fi aluskasvillisuus (small trees)