Definition of bus
buses
alsobusses
1a : a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule took the bus to work double-decker buses waiting at the bus stopb : automobile
2 : a small hand truck
3a electrical engineering : bus barb computers : a set of parallel conductors (see conductor d(1)) in a computer system that forms a main transmission path
4 : a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (such as warheads)
throw (someone) under the bus
informal
: to criticize, blame, or punish (someone in a vulnerable position) especially in order to avoid blame or gain an advantage … we will not throw any student under the bus for instant restoration of our image or our reputation. — Donna Shalala But he went out of his way to make clear that this one wasn't really on him. The problem lay with underlings, whom he quickly threw under the bus. — Rem Rieder
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Examples of bus in a Sentence
She boarded a bus in Nashville.
Are you traveling by train or by bus?
Recent Examples of bus from the Web
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Until that day, Eugene Blanton had never been on a bus and had only once been out of Harlan County.
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Pedestrians on Colerain Avenue between Banning and Byrneside frequently walk on rutted paths to get to the grocery store or bus stops because of a lack of sidewalks.
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Riders currently have to take crowded buses or switch to the Red Line at Vermont Avenue.
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Ledbetter said school buses in the DeKalb County school system drive 30,000 extra miles a year to avoid deficient bridges.
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For Butler, the fun goes all the way back to the pregame bus ride.
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A 90-minute bus ride through the countryside took us to our mooring along the Danube.
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There are two bus companies that will take you on long-haul trips at reasonable cost.
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And because the residents have lives outside the slum, working in hotels and factories, riding on buses, shaking hands with everyone from aid workers to merchants, the influenza advances beyond the slum.
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The History of bus
For nearly three centuries, French mathematician Blaise Pascal was credited with building the first mechanical calculator. Then, in 1935, historian Franz Hammer discovered papers proving that German mathematician Wilhelm Schickard had beaten Pascal to it by 18 years. But in 1661 Pascal initiated a world first that has not been discredited: he conceived the world’s first bus service, proposing that a number of coaches should “circulate along predetermined routes in Paris at regular intervals regardless of the number of people,” and pick up passengers for a small fixed fare. The word bus is short for omnibus, which means “for everyone.” It was first used in this sense circa 1823, and referred to the fact that anyone could join the coach along its route, unlike stagecoaches, which had to be pre-booked.
Origin and Etymology of bus
short for omnibus
Other Automotive Terms
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Definition of bus
bused
alsobussed
;busing
alsobussing
intransitive verb
1 : to travel by a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule : to travel by bus
2 : to work as a busboy
transitive verb
1 : to transport by bus busing kids to school Students were bused in for the game.
2a : clear 4d bus dishesb : to remove dirty dishes from bus tables
Examples of bus in a Sentence
He buses tables at the local diner.
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The jury of seven men and five women, who had been selected in Pittsburgh and bused 300 miles to Montgomery County Court in Norristown, Pa., to hear the case, told Judge Steven O’Neill that they were hopelessly deadlocked.
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The restaurants have since taken on new ownership, but former workers who testified before the grand jury described being housed in crowded, racially segregated dorms, and being bused to work 12-hour shifts six days a week without adequate breaks.
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More than half are bused in or their parents drop them off.
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For now, jail inmates will be bused the two blocks from jail to the new court building.
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American Airlines spokeswoman Alexis Aran Coello said the 38 passengers and six crew members were bused back to the terminal.
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The host warns that left-wing activists are being bused into New Orleans to take down Confederate monuments.
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Little is known about the jurors, who were chosen in Pittsburgh and will be bused to the Philadelphia area for the two-week trial that starts June 5.
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School District 131 officials are set to move forward with a plan for busing next school year that will not require the district to change school start times and will be more expensive than an alternative option.
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Origin and Etymology of bus
see 1bus
bus
Definition of bus
business
Other Business Terms
BUS Defined for English Language Learners
bus
playDefinition of bus for English Language Learners
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: a large vehicle that is used for carrying passengers especially along a particular route at particular times
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Definition of bus for English Language Learners
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: to transport (someone) in a bus
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: to remove dirty dishes from (a table at a restaurant)
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: to remove (something, such as dirty dishes)
BUS Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of bus for Students
buses
orbusses
: a large motor vehicle for carrying passengers
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