2) thicket. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A dense growth of shrubs or underbrush; a copse. 2. Something suggestive of a dense growth of plants, as in impenetrability or thickness: the thicket of unreality...

3) underwood. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Shrubs and small trees growing beneath taller trees; underbrush....

4) forest. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A dense growth of trees, plants, and underbrush covering a large area. 2. Something that resembles a large, dense growth of trees, as in density, quantity, or...

5) scrubby. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: scrub·bi·er, scrub·bi·est1. Covered with or consisting of scrub or underbrush. 2. Straggly or stunted. 3. Paltry or shabby; wretched. scrubbi·ly...

6) slash. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...slash·es1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. To lash with sweeping strokes. 3. To make a gash or gashes...

7) hew. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...hewed, hew·ing, hews1. To make or shape with or as if with an ax: hew a path through the underbrush. 2. To cut down with an ax; fell: hew an oak. 3. To strike or...

8) wood 1. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...cut and dried especially for use as building material and fuel. 2a. A dense growth of trees or underbrush covering a relatively small or confined area. Often used...

9) covert. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...husband. 1. A covering or cover. 2a. A covered place or shelter; hiding place. b. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game. 3. Zoology One of the small...

10) beat. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...on us all day. 6. To fall in torrents: The rain beat on the roof. 7. To hunt through woods or underbrush in search of game. 8. Nautical To sail in the direction from...