underbrush
Collocations
4ADJ.
dense, moving
VERB + UNDERBRUSH
cleared, moved, rises, venture
UNDERBRUSH + NOUN
jungle
PREP.
from, in, into, out, through
Definitions
noun
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!
verb
To clear (an area) of underbrush.
To work among the underbrush.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing be
- undergrowth
- underwood
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6How 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 s
WiktionaryTom moved into the underbrush.
Tatoeba · #2642895Ziri cleared the underbrush.
Tatoeba · #11227452The dense underbrush in the jungle made it difficult to see more than a few feet ahead.
Tatoeba · #11567710Fyodor heard the hyena moving through the underbrush.
Tatoeba · #11819059Miroslav's instincts kicked in as he veered off the beaten path, hoping to lose his pursuer in the labyrinth of trees and underbrush.
Tatoeba · #11846757