ADJ.
light, under
VERB + BUSHEL
bought
BUSHEL + NOUN
corn, hezekiah, peck, thursday, wheat
PREP.
on
noun
A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.
Forecasts are showing no sign of an end to the drought, with corn prices hitting a record high of $8.16 (£5.19) a bushel on Thursday, while soya beans hit a high of $17.17.
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
And he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke?
A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
a heap containing ten bushels of apples
A large indefinite quantity.
The prime minister[…]has got pounds of vision. Ounces of it! Pints! A whole bushel worth of phoned-in gibberish designed to get him through a single news cycle.
The same film [Hamnet], in the coming weeks, will win awards by the bushel.
The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
verb
To mend or repair clothes.
To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
To conceal one's positive qualities or talents, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention.
O then doe not knit vp your Maſters talent in a Napkin; ſmother not his light vnder a buſhell; […] but aboue all, ſquander not avvay your rich portions by riotous living.
The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.
WiktionaryForecasts are showing no sign of an end to the drought, with corn prices hitting a record high of $8.16 (£5.19) a bushel on Thursday, while soya beans hit a high of $17.17.
WiktionaryAnd he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke?
WiktionaryShe just hides her light under a bushel.
Tatoeba · #244170Hide not your light under a bushel.
Tatoeba · #279872Tom bought a bushel of corn.
Tatoeba · #6353227i Register
In some senses, bushel is marked as figuratively, colloquial, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.