Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To transport via a motor bus.

    ride in a bus

  2. (US, transitive)To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.

  3. (intransitive)To travel by bus.

    send or move around by bus

  4. (US, transitive)To clear meal remains from.

    He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.

  5. (US, intransitive)To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.

    He’s been bussing for minimum wage.

Examples

4011 sentences
  1. The bus leaves in five minutes.

    Автобус відправляється за п'ять хвилин. — Wordowl

    ruАвтобус отправляется через пять минут. — Pudongria

    deDer Bus fährt in fünf Minuten ab. — Dejo

  2. The bus stopped in every village.

    Автобус зупинявся в кожному селі. — deniko

    ruАвтобус останавливался в каждой деревне. — sharptoothed

  3. Let's run to the bus stop.

    Побігли до автобусної зупинки. — deniko

    ruДавайте побежим к автобусной остановке. — pauldhunt

    deRennen wir zur Bushaltestelle. — Hans_Adler

  4. I missed my bus this morning.

    Сьогодні вранці я не встиг на автобус. — sadxaka

    ruСегодня утром я не успел на автобус. — Hellerick

    deIch habe heute Morgen meinen Bus verpasst. — Manfredo

  5. We go to school by bus.

    До школи ми їздимо на автобусі. — deniko

    ruМы ездим в школу на автобусе. — sharptoothed

    deWir fahren mit dem Bus zur Schule. — Espi

Origin

Back-formation from busboy.

Back-formation from busboy.

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Forms

buses, busing, bused, bused
Base formbus · to bus
3rd person singularbuses
Present participlebusing
Past simplebused / bussed
Past participlebused / bussed

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybus
he, she, itbuses

Past simpleLesson

all personsbused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bused
he, she, ithas bused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bus

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbusser

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the bus
  • the bus stop
  • bus stop
  • off the bus
  • bus driver
  • school by bus
  • missed the bus
  • for the bus
  • at the bus
  • take the bus
  • the bus was
  • the next bus

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bus — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto