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Definition of 'bus'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bus
a large, long-bodied motor vehicle equipped with seating for passengers, usu. operating as part of a scheduled service.

2.  bus
a similar horse-drawn vehicle.

3.  bus
a passenger automobile or airplane used in a manner resembling that of a bus.

4.  bus
a heavy bar of copper or other conducting material, used to collect, carry, and distribute powerful electric currents.

5.  bus
a circuit that connects the CPU with other devices in a computer.

6. (v.t.) bus
to convey or transport by bus.

7.  bus
to transport (pupils) to school by bus, esp. as a means of achieving racial integration.

8. (v.i.) bus
to travel on or by means of a bus.

9. (v.t.) bus
to work as a busboy or busgirl.

Etymology: (1885–90; back formation from busboy)

Definition of 'bus'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
"he always rode the bus to work"

2. (noun) bus topology, bus
the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar

3. (noun) busbar, bus
an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits
"the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system"

4. (verb) bus, jalopy, heap
a car that is old and unreliable
"the fenders had fallen off that old bus"

5. (verb) bus
send or move around by bus
"The children were bussed to school"

6. (verb) bus
ride in a bus

7. (verb) bus
remove used dishes from the table in restaurants

Definition of 'bus'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bus
a large road vehicle for paying passengers
to travel by bus; to catch a bus; the bus service from Boston to New York

Definition of 'bus'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) bus
an omnibus

Translation of 'bus'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a large road vehicle for carrying passengers He came by bus.
Afrikaans: bus	Arabic: حافِلَه، باص	Bulgarian: автобус
Brazilian: ônibus	Czech: autobus	German: der Bus
Danish: bus	Greek: λεωφορείο	Spanish: autobús
Estonian: buss	Farsi: اتوبوس	Finnish: linja-auto
French: autobus	Hebrew: אוֹטוֹבּוּס	Hindi: बस
Croatian: autobus	Hungarian: busz	Indonesian: bis
Icelandic: rúta, strætisvagn	Italian: autobus	Japanese: バス
Korean: 버스	Lithuanian: autobusas	Latvian: autobuss
Malay: bas	Dutch: bus	Norwegian: buss
Polish: autobus	Persian: اتوبوس	Pashto: بس
Portuguese: autocarro	Romanian: autobuz	Russian: автобус
Slovak: autobus	Slovenian: avtobus	Serbian: autobus
Swedish: buss	Thai: รถโดยสารประจำทาง	Turkish: otobüs
Taiwanese: 公共汽車	Ukrainian: автобус	Urdu: بس ، لاری
Vietnamese: xe buýt	Chinese: 公共汽车
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