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1  [buhs] noun, plural bus⋅es, bus⋅ses, verb, bused or bussed, bus⋅ing or bus⋅sing.
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1. a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
2. a similar horse-drawn vehicle.
3. a passenger automobile or airplane used in a manner resembling that of a bus.
4. any vehicle operated to transport children to school.
5. a low, movable filing cabinet.
6. Electricity. Also called bus bar, bus⋅bar  [buhs-bahr] . a heavy conductor, often made of copper in the shape of a bar, used to collect, carry, and distribute powerful electric currents, as those produced by generators.
7. Computers. a circuit that connects the CPU with other devices in a computer.
–verb (used with object)
8. to convey or transport by bus: to bus the tourists to another hotel.
9. to transport (pupils) to school by bus, esp. as a means of achieving racial integration.
–verb (used without object)
10. to travel on or by means of a bus: We bused to New York on a theater trip.
Origin:
1825–35; short for omnibus; (def. 6) short for omnibus bar
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bus

2  [buhs]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), bused or bussed, bus⋅ing or bus⋅sing.
to work or act as a busboy or busgirl: She bused for her meals during her student days.
Origin:
1830–40; back formation from busboy
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bus   (bŭs)   
n.   pl. bus·es or bus·ses

  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.

v.   bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing, bus·es or bus·ses

v.   tr.

  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.

    1. To carry or clear (dishes) in a restaurant.

    2. To clear dishes from (a table).

v.   intr.

  1. To travel in a bus.

  2. To work as a busboy.


[Short for omnibus. V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from busboy.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

bus 
1832, abbreviation of omnibus (q.v.). The Eng. word is simply a Latin dative plural ending. The verb meaning "transport students to integrate schools" is first recorded 1961. Verb meaning "clear tables in a restaurant" is first attested 1913, probably from the four-wheeled cart used to carry dishes. To miss the bus, in the fig. sense, is from 1915. Busman's holiday "leisure time spent doing what one does for a living" (1893) is probably a reference to London bus drivers riding the buses on their days off.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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