noun

bus

buhs

noun

A large motor vehicle that carries many passengers along a fixed route.

"She takes the bus to work every morning."

"The school bus arrives at eight sharp."

A pathway in a computer that carries data between components.

"The data travels along the system bus to the processor."

verb

To transport people by bus.

"Students were bused in from nearby towns for the assembly."

To clear dirty dishes from tables, typically in a restaurant.

"He spent the summer busing tables at a diner."

How to Use Bus

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA large vehicle for carrying passengers; also, in computing, a channel that carries data between parts of a machine.

Common pairings

catch the bus bus stop bus route bus tables

Word Forms

bused past tense, bussed past tense, bused past tense, bussed past tense, buses plural, busses plural, buss singular, busses singular, buss singular, busses singular

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Etymology

A clipping of "omnibus," Latin for "for all" — originally the name for a horse-drawn public passenger vehicle in 19th-century France.

Rhymes for bus

rebus nimbus omnibus minibus Phoebus succubus syllabus Columbus

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