bus
The definition of a bus is a large, long motor vehicle that carries a lot of passengers, usually on a regular route.
(noun)An example of a bus is the large vehicle with a number on it that goes down your street each day at specific times.
To bus is to move people around from one place to another in a large vehicle.
(verb)An example of to bus is to take children to school.
To bus in a restaurant is defined as to clear the dishes and food from a table.
(verb)An example of to bus is for a worker to clear and clean a table before you sit down.
See bus in Webster's New World College Dictionary
- a large, long motor vehicle designed to carry many passengers, usually along a regular route; omnibus
- Slang an automobile
- Elec. a heavy copper bar, strap, or other similar conductor that is not insulated, usually carries a large current, and connects many electrical circuitsalso called bus bar
Origin: < (omni)bus
transitive verb bused or bussed, busing or bussing
- to transport by bus; specif., to transport (children) by busing
- ☆ in a restaurant, cafeteria, etc., to clear dirty dishes from: to bus tables
intransitive verb
- to go by bus
- ☆ to do the work of a busboy
or bus
See bus in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. bus·es or bus·ses
- A long motor vehicle for carrying passengers, usually along a fixed route.
- Informal A large or ungainly automobile.
- A four-wheeled cart for carrying dishes in a restaurant.
- Electricity A bus bar.
- Computer Science A parallel circuit that connects the major components of a computer, allowing the transfer of electric impulses from one connected component to any other.
- To transport in a bus.
- To transport (schoolchildren) by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.
- a. To carry or clear (dishes) in a restaurant.b. To clear dishes from (a table).
- To travel in a bus.
- To work as a busboy.
Origin:
Origin: Short for omnibus
Origin: . V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from busboy
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