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bus
I. \ˈbəs\ noun
(plural bus·es or bus·ses \-sə̇z\)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: short for omnibus
1.
a. : a large motor-driven vehicle designed to carry passengers usually according to a schedule along a fixed route but sometimes under charter for a special trip (as by a social group or an athletic team)
< sightseeing bus >
< bus station >
< the bus is usually on time >
b. : any vehicle either publicly owned or privately owned and operated for compensation used for transporting children to or from school
c. : any of various conveyances resembling a bus (as in carrying passengers or traveling a fixed route according to a schedule)
< up the Grand Canal by water bus — Nigel Balchin >
< a horse bus >
< a milk bus >
d. slang : automobile
< not a bad old bus — A.J.Cronin >
e. : a hand-pushed usually 4-wheeled vehicle used typically for carrying dishes in a restaurant
2. : busboy
3. or bus bar : an assembly of conductors usually bare but supported on insulators for collecting electric currents from sources and distributing them to outgoing feeders
II. verb
(bused or bussed \ˈbəst\ ; bused or bussed \“\ ; busing or bussing \ˈbəsiŋ\ ; buses or busses \ˈbəsə̇z\)
intransitive verb
1. : to travel by bus
2. : to work as a busboy or bus girl
< made extra money bussing at a nearby restaurant >
transitive verb
: to move or transport by bus
< bus children to school >
III. \ˈbəs\
variant of bas
IV. abbreviation
business
V. noun
1. : a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (as probes or warheads)
2. : a set of parallel conductors in a computer or computer system that forms a main data transmission path |