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underbrush

/ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ/

underbrush noun: the small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.

Noun

underbrush (usually uncountable, plural underbrushes)

  1. (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

Verb

underbrush (third-person singular simple present underbrushes, present participle underbrushing, simple past and past participle underbrushed)

  1. (transitive) To clear (an area) of underbrush.
  2. (intransitive) To work among the underbrush.

underbrush meaning in Urdu

underbrush in Urdu

زیرگیاہ

Synonyms of underbrush

Forms of underbrush

Noun
pluralunderbrushes
Verb
third-person singular presentunderbrushes
present participleunderbrushing
past participleunderbrushed
pastunderbrushed

Origin of underbrush

From under- + brush.

Questions about underbrush

What does underbrush mean?
Underbrush means the small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
What is underbrush in Urdu?
Underbrush in Urdu is زیرگیاہ. See Underbrush meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is underbrush?
Underbrush can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce underbrush?
Underbrush is pronounced /ˈʌndɚˌbɹʌʃ/ (US).
What is the plural of underbrush?
The plural of underbrush is underbrushes.

Words near underbrush in the dictionary

  1. underbrims
  2. underbring
  3. underbritches
  4. underbrow
  5. underbrows
  6. underbrush
  7. underbrushed
  8. underbrushes
  9. underbrushing
  10. underbudget
  11. underbudgeted

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: underbrush (page history and authors); underbrush (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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