Bus Definition

bŭs

bused, buses, busing, bussed, busses, bussing

noun

buses

A large, long motor vehicle designed to carry many passengers, usually along a regular route; omnibus.

Webster's New World

An automobile.

Webster's New World

A four-wheeled cart for carrying dishes in a restaurant.

American Heritage

A heavy copper bar, strap, or other similar conductor that is not insulated, usually carries a large current, and connects many electrical circuits.

Webster's New World

A bus bar.

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Synonyms:

verb

bussed, bussing

To transport by bus; specif., to transport (children) by busing.

Webster's New World

To transport (schoolchildren) by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.

American Heritage

In a restaurant, cafeteria, etc., to clear dirty dishes from.

To bus tables.

Webster's New World

To go by bus.

Webster's New World

To do the work of a busboy.

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Synonyms:

abbreviation

Business.

Webster's New World

idiom

throw someone under the bus

to sacrifice or abandon (a comrade, associate, etc.) as to protect or benefit oneself

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Other Word Forms of Bus

Singular:

bus

Plural:

Shortening of omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”). The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.

From Wiktionary
Short for omnibus V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from busboy

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition