noun
definition
The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.
verb
definition
To clear (an area) of underbrush.
definition
To work among the underbrush.
Examples of underbrush in a Sentence
Even in the dense underbrush, it had found another rock.
It dropped to the ground and slid into the underbrush.
The path became more indistinct with each step, eventually coming to an end in dense underbrush.
He slipped the rifle out of its boot and led the way through the underbrush.
In the forest regions of eastern Washington the underbrush is light, but grasses and a great variety of flowering plants abound.
The underbrush will impede the progress of the hunted animal.
Sleeves can catch on twigs and underbrush, and they can impede your ability to aim effectively.
Presently the Tin Woodman pushed his way through some heavy underbrush, and almost tumbled headlong into a vast cleared space in the forest.
A Yellow-billed Cacique was feeding in the dense underbrush.
At intervals the trees lost their icy covering, and the bulrushes and underbrush were bare; but the lake lay frozen and hard beneath the sun.
The fur is shorter on the back and shoulders, probably to avoid entanglement in the underbrush.
There are bits of cherry and chocolate and shades of earthy underbrush that add complexity to the structure.
The grass had been mown short for about five feet on either side of the narrow drive, and a tangle of underbrush and trees lay beyond... freedom, or a barrier?
An almost entire absence of underbrush is characteristic of Missouri forests.
On the Sierra the underbrush is characterized by the pungent manzanita, the California buckeye and the chamiso; the last two growing equally abundantly on the Coast Range.
A low blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilis) forms a thick underbrush in much of the forest.