Bus
[bʌs]
Definition
(noun.) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; 'he always rode the bus to work'.
(noun.) a car that is old and unreliable; 'the fenders had fallen off that old bus'.
(verb.) remove used dishes from the table in restaurants.
(verb.) ride in a bus.
(verb.) send or move around by bus; 'The children were bussed to school'.
Editor: Woodrow--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An omnibus.
Typed by Konrad
Definition
n. Short for Omnibus.
Typist: Rudy
Examples
- Because if you are, I'll take a bus. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She explains that by the difference between a 'bus and a hansom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And he jumped on the bus, and I saw his ugly face leering at me with a wicked smile to think how he'd had the last word of plaguing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I came round as quickly as the Bayswater bus would bring me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The stage faced the mountain, and had an altar beautifully sculptured in front of it, and life-sized statues of Dionysius and Ph?bus on either side. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- One ammeter, for measuring the quantity of current output, was interpolated in the neutral bus or third-wire return circuit to indicate when the load on the two machines was out of balance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We were eating at the inn from where the buses leave and the room was crowded and people were singing and there was difficulty serving. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Bounty on each barrel brought in by the busses, as above ? 0 12 3? From which deduct 1s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Vlad