(plural buses, AmE also busses) a large road vehicle that carries passengers, especially one that travels along a fixed route and stops regularly to let people get on and off:
Shall we walk or go by bus? * A regular bus service connects the train station with the town centre. * a bus company / driver * a school bus
compareCOACH
seealsoBUSLANE, BUSSHELTER, BUSSTATION, BUSSTOP, MINIBUS, TROLLEYBUS
verb (-s- or -ss-) [VN]
1 ~ sb (from / to...) to transport sb by bus:
We were bussed from the airport to our hotel.
2 (AmE) to transport young people by bus to another area so that students of different races can be educated together
3 (AmE) to take the dirty plates, etc. off the tables in a restaurant, as a job:
He buses tables to help finance his tuition.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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