I. ˈbəs noun
( plural bus·es or bus·ses -sə̇z)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: short for omnibus
1.
a. : a large motor-driven vehicle designed to carry passengers usually according to a schedule along a fixed route but sometimes under charter for a special trip (as by a social group or an athletic team)
sightseeing bus
bus station
the bus is usually on time
b. : any vehicle either publicly owned or privately owned and operated for compensation used for transporting children to or from school
c. : any of various conveyances resembling a bus (as in carrying passengers or traveling a fixed route according to a schedule)
up the Grand Canal by water bus — Nigel Balchin
a horse bus
a milk bus
d. slang : automobile
not a bad old bus — A.J.Cronin
e. : a hand-pushed usually 4-wheeled vehicle used typically for carrying dishes in a restaurant
2. : busboy
3. or bus bar : an assembly of conductors usually bare but supported on insulators for collecting electric currents from sources and distributing them to outgoing feeders
II. verb
( bused or bussed ˈbəst ; bused or bussed “ ; busing or bussing ˈbəsiŋ ; buses or busses ˈbəsə̇z)
intransitive verb
1. : to travel by bus
2. : to work as a busboy or bus girl
made extra money bussing at a nearby restaurant
transitive verb
: to move or transport by bus
bus children to school
III. ˈbəs
variant of bas
IV. abbreviation
business
V. noun
1. : a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (as probes or warheads)
2. : a set of parallel conductors in a computer or computer system that forms a main data transmission path