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| bus [ buss ] |
noun (plural bus·es or bus·ses) |
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1. large passenger vehicle: a long motor vehicle with many seats, usually divided by a central aisle. Buses transport fare-paying passengers along a specific route.
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2. car or plane: a vehicle, especially a car or plane
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informal
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  I can't get this old bus to start!
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3. comput data channel: a channel or path for transferring computer data, especially between the central processing unit and a peripheral device
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4. hand truck: a four-wheeled cart or hand truck used for carrying things such as dishes in restaurants
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5. arms rocket warhead: the final stage of a multistage rocket, containing the warhead
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6. aerospace spacecraft component: the part of a space exploration vehicle that contains the atmospheric reentry probes
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verb (past and past participle bused or bussed, present participle bus·ing or bus·sing, 3rd person present singular bus·es or bus·ses) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb go or carry passengers by bus: to travel or transport passengers to a particular destination by bus
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2. transitive verb transport schoolchildren: to transport schoolchildren by bus to a school distant from their homes, especially in an effort to achieve ethnic balance in the school population
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3. intransitive verb work as busboy: to work as a busboy in a restaurant or café
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4. transitive verb remove dishes: to remove dirty dishes and other meal debris from tables in a public restaurant or café
a fast food place where they expect you to bus your own dishes
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| [Early 19th century. Shortening of omnibus] |
