American English
/bəs/
One syllable.
A large road vehicle that carries many people and usually follows a regular route.
Practice out loudA large road vehicle that carries many people and usually follows a regular route.
The bus stops outside my office.
We took the bus downtown.
city bus · school bus · bus stop · bus fare
take the bus to + place
get off the bus at + stop
A shared set of wires or connections that carries data between parts of a computer or electronic system.
The processor sends data through the bus.
A damaged bus can slow down the whole system.
data bus · system bus
send + data + through + the bus
data travels through + the bus
To take people somewhere in a bus, especially students.
The district buses students to three schools.
The hotel buses guests to the airport.
bus students to school · bus passengers to the airport
bus + people + to + place
people are bused to + place
To remove used dishes and clean tables in a restaurant.
Please bus the tables near the window.
She buses tables during the dinner shift.
bus tables
bus + the tables
bus + tables + after + a meal
to travel somewhere by bus
I take the bus to work.
to arrive too late to catch the bus
We missed the bus by two minutes.
to leave the bus at a stop
Get off the bus at Main Street.
The noun plural is buses. The verb can be spelled bused/busing or bussed/bussing.