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to bus

7 1.4
To move yourself or other people by bus
  • verb
  • /bʌs/
: ir en autobús
  • It is wasteful for the school district to then bus the in-neighborhood student to another school!
  • bus students
  • bus the children
  • bus to school

Examples

  • Bus some young Republicans down to the polling stations in Palm Beach.

    Swing Vote (2008)

  • I've seen communities start charter schools after the local public school closes its doors and wants to bus kids further away.

    Blog text (14)

  • "Ask what their cost is, and maybe we could bus kids to the college," he said.

    Blog text (7)

  • For example, it seems reasonable to allow government money to be used to bus students to private schools that are run by church groups.

    Blog text (12)

  • I would like to bus to Perth.

    Lucky Miles (2007)

  • I got a cousin near Butler... so maybe I'll bus down there.

    The Florentine (1999)

  • Finding a college prep school meant my kids had to bus across the whole San Fernando Valley, but they did it by choice.

    Blog text (25)

  • The Democrats try to register voters and bus them to polling stations, and the Republicans are just playing defense.

    Blog text (15)

  • Now they have to bus their workers all the way from Dentsville, South Carolina, to Clinton, North Carolina.

    Food, Inc. (2008)

  • During the summer, my friends and I decided to bus from Seattle to San Francisco to enjoy the scenic views.

Synonyms

to take the bus
vsto bus
74 1.0

Go somewhere by bus

also means carrying other people instead of only traveling as a passenger
to busing
vsto bus
  • US
12 3.1

To move people by bus from one place to another

also can mean simple passenger travel not only organized group transport

Idioms

to ride the short bus
  • Slur
1 9.9

To call someone not smart to insult them

to park the bus
  • Literature
1 7.7

Put most players near their own goal to stop the other team from scoring

back end of a bus
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Something that looks very ugly and unpleasant

face like the back end of a bus
  • Offensive
9.9

A face that people think is very ugly

Phrasal Verbs

to take the bus
74 1.0

Go somewhere by bus

to miss the bus
16 3.8

Fail to get on a bus before it leaves or lose an important chance

to catch the bus
12 1.0

To get on a bus before it leaves

to charter a bus
1 3.3

Hire a bus only for your group, usually for a trip or event

Compounds

bus stop
89 1.0

A place where people wait for a bus to get on and off

bus driver
75 1.0

A person who takes people around by bus

school bus
69 1.0

A large bus that carries children to and from school

bus station
66 1.0

A place where buses stop and people wait to get on or off

bus ticket
23 1.0

A paper or phone pass that shows you paid to travel on a bus

bus fare
14 1.0

The money you pay to ride a bus

bus service
12 1.0

Buses that run regularly on set routes to carry people

bus route
11 1.3

A regular path a bus follows between stops

bus terminal
8 1.8

A station where people get on and off buses at the start or end of routes

bus company
8 1.6

A company that runs buses to carry people in a town or city

bus depot
6 2.5

A place where people keep, fix, and send out buses with a waiting area

shuttle bus
6 2.3

A bus that runs regularly between two places, often between hotels and airports

short bus
  • US
4 8.1

A small school bus that carries students who need extra help

bus lane
2 2.1

A part of the road only for buses so they can move faster

bus line
2 1.1

A company that runs buses on fixed routes for public transport

bus traffic
1 2.3

The movement of buses along a road or route

camping bus
1 3.4

A large vehicle with beds and a small kitchen for camping trips

cheese bus
  • Informal
1 7.9

A bright yellow school bus people call as a joke because it looks like cheese

bus plunge
1 8.4

A serious accident in which a bus falls from a bridge or cliff

bus network
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A set of computers and other machines connected to one main cable to share data

bus topology
  • Specialized
4.9

A network layout where all devices connect to one main cable

bus traffic
  • Specialized
4.2

The amount of data sent between parts of a computer over a shared connection

Surface Forms

bus infinitive
bused past
bused past participle
busing present participle
buses third person singular

Etymology

Bus as a verb meaning 'to travel by bus' comes directly from the noun bus (short for omnibus), so it simply means to move people by that vehicle. That's why you can say people were 'bused' to the museum or that you 'bus' to work.