bus
verb/bʌs/
/bʌs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bus | /bʌs/ /bʌs/ |
| he / she / it buses | /ˈbʌsɪz/ /ˈbʌsɪz/ |
| he / she / it busses | /ˈbʌsɪz/ /ˈbʌsɪz/ |
| past simple bused | /bʌst/ /bʌst/ |
| past participle bused | /bʌst/ /bʌst/ |
| past simple bussed | /bʌst/ /bʌst/ |
| past participle bussed | /bʌst/ /bʌst/ |
| -ing form busing | /ˈbʌsɪŋ/ /ˈbʌsɪŋ/ |
| -ing form bussing | /ˈbʌsɪŋ/ /ˈbʌsɪŋ/ |
- bus somebody (from/to…) to transport somebody by bus
- We were bussed from the airport to our hotel.
- bus somebody (in the US) to transport young people by bus to another area as a way of integrating schools (= having them educate black and white children together)
- bus something (North American English) to take the dirty plates, etc. off the tables in a restaurant, as a job
- He buses tables to help finance his tuition.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: shortening of omnibus.
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