bushed

[ boosht ]

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adjective

overgrown with bushes.
Informal. exhausted; tired out: After all that exercise, I'm bushed.

Canadian Informal. mentally unbalanced as a result of prolonged residence in a sparsely inhabited region.
Australian and New Zealand Slang. unable to find one's direction; lost; confused.

Origin of bushed

First recorded in 1485–95; bush¹ + -ed², -ed³

Words Nearby bushed

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How to use bushed in a sentence

These should not stand nearer together, on rich land, than three or four inches, and always be bushed.
Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
I agreed, but told him that I couldn't find the way and should get 'bushed' if I tried.
Spiritualism and the New Psychology | Millais Culpin
Under her steady glance the Chinaman's furtive eyes bushed themselves in his customary pose of irreproachable meekness.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham
Bellchambers came in to guide us, for there is no one to ask upon these desolate tracks, and it is easy to get bushed.
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist | Arthur Conan Doyle
At a short distance it looks like a superior article; the follower and keyhole appear as if they were bushed with brass.
Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for bushed

bushed

/ (bʊʃt) /

adjectiveinformal

(postpositive) extremely tired; exhausted
Canadian mentally disturbed from living in isolation, esp in the north

Australian and NZ lost or bewildered, as in the bush

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