bus
IPA: bˈʌs
noun
- (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads; by extension, the driver of said vehicle
- An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
- Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
- (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
verb
- (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
- (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
- (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
- (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
- (intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
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Examples of "bus" in Sentences
- He did not have the bus fare.
- The kids rode a bus to school.
- I've not got the photohraph of a 'gleaming' bus.
- Did the vibration change with the speed of the bus
- She gets out of the car and shouts at the bus driver.
- The main means of commuting into the city is by car and by bus.
- The bay is served by a sporadic bus service in the summer months.
- The bus toilet is in the back of the bus and there is no privacy.
- The motorcyclists drive back to the stopped bus and ask for the tent.
- The bus system in the City of Fairfax is largely served by the CUE bus system.