bus
bus (bŭs) noun
plural buses or busses
1. A long motor vehicle for carrying passengers, usually along a fixed route.
2. Informal. A large or ungainly automobile.
3. A four-wheeled cart for carrying dishes in a restaurant.
4. Electricity. A bus bar.
5. Computer Science. A parallel circuit that connects the major components of a computer, allowing the transfer of electric impulses from one connected component to any other.
noun, attributive.
Often used to modify another noun: a bus station; a bus tour.
verb
bused or bussed, busing or bussing, buses or busses
verb, transitive
1. To transport in a bus.
2. To transport (schoolchildren) by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.
3. To carry or clear (dishes) in a restaurant.
verb, intransitive
1. To travel in a bus.
2. To work as a busboy.
[Short for omnibus V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from busboy.]