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Webster 1913 Edition


Shrub

Shrub

,
Noun.
[Ar.
shirb
,
shurb
, a drink, beverage, fr.
shariba
to drink. Cf.
Sirup
,
Sherbet
.]
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

Shrub

,
Noun.
[OE.
schrob
, AS.
scrob
,
scrobb
; akin to Norw.
skrubba
the dwarf cornel tree.]
(Bot.)
A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.

Shrub

,
Verb.
T.
To lop; to prune.
[Obs.]
Anderson (1573).

Webster 1828 Edition


Shrub

SHRUB

,
Noun.
A low dwarf tree; a woody plant of a size less than a tree; or more strictly, a plant with several permanent woody stems, dividing from the bottom, more slender and lower than trees.
Gooseberries and currants are shrubs; oaks and cherries are trees. Locke.

SHRUB

,
Noun.
[L. sorbeo.] A liquor composed of acid and sugar, with spirir to preserve it; usually the acid of lemons.

SHRUB

,
Verb.
T.
To clear of shrubs.

Definition 2024


shrub

shrub

English

Noun

shrub (plural shrubs)

  1. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
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Verb

shrub (third-person singular simple present shrubs, present participle shrubbing, simple past and past participle shrubbed)

  1. (obsolete) To lop; to prune.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Anderson (1573) to this entry?)
  2. (transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.
    For example, /ʃɹʌb//sɹʌb/

Etymology 2

From Arabic شِرَاب (širāb, a drink, beverage), شَرِبَ (šariba, to drink), akin to sirup, sherbet

Noun

shrub (plural shrubs)

  1. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.
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