# bushed

Pronunciation: say "BUUSHT" /bʊʃt/

## Adjective

1. Feeling very tired and drained, with little energy left. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Extremely tired and badly needing rest.
   - _By the end of the double shift, she was utterly bushed._
   - _We were all bushed after moving furniture across town all day._
2. Lost or disoriented in the bush, unable to find one's way through remote, uncleared country. *(Australia)*
   - Simple: Lost while traveling through wild, uncleared countryside.
   - _The prospectors became bushed when the track petered out near the ranges._
   - _She admitted she was thoroughly bushed once fog rolled across the scrub._
3. Mentally unwell from prolonged isolation, especially while working at a remote mine or camp; suffering from cabin fever. *(Canada)*
   - Simple: Feeling mentally unwell from being alone too long in a far-off place.
   - _The crew worried that the new hand was going bushed after weeks of solitude at the outstation._
   - _Cooped up at the remote claim, the prospector grew bushed and started talking to himself._
4. Fitted with a bush, a sleeve or lining inserted into a hole to reduce friction and wear between moving parts.
   - Simple: Fitted with a bush, a small sleeve that lines a hole so the parts do not wear out so fast.
   - _The restored gearbox arrived fully bushed, with new linings at each shaft._
   - _Engineers specified a bushed mounting to cut down vibration in the assembly._

## Origin

This word comes from "bush."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bushed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).