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BUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: busses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

Example:

he always rode the bus to work

Synonyms:

autobus; bus; charabanc; coach; double-decker; jitney; motorbus; motorcoach; omnibus; passenger vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bus" is a kind of...):

public transport (conveyance for passengers or mail or freight)

Meronyms (parts of "bus"):

roof (protective covering on top of a motor vehicle)

window (a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened)

Domain member category:

passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bus"):

minibus (a light bus (4 to 10 passengers))

school bus (a bus used to transport children to or from school)

trackless trolley; trolley coach; trolleybus (a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires)

Holonyms ("bus" is a member of...):

fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)

Derivation:

bus (ride in a bus)

bus (send or move around by bus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A car that is old and unreliable

Example:

the fenders had fallen off that old bus

Synonyms:

bus; heap; jalopy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bus" is a kind of...):

dysphemism (an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one)

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits

Example:

the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system

Synonyms:

bus; busbar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bus" is a kind of...):

conductor (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)

Holonyms ("bus" is a part of...):

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

LAN; local area network (a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices)

power plant; power station; powerhouse (an electrical generating station)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar

Synonyms:

bus; bus topology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bus" is a kind of...):

network topology; topology (the configuration of a communication network)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove used dishes from the table in restaurants

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bus" is one way to...):

take away; take out (take out or remove)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ride in a bus

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bus" is one way to...):

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

bus (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Send or move around by bus

Example:

The children were bussed to school

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bus" is one way to...):

transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

bus (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport)

Credits

 Context examples: 

When he picked himself up he found he was on Hampstead Heath; so he took a bus home, and there he lies now on his sofa, while I came straight round to tell you what had happened.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The size of a school bus, the satellite is one of the largest pieces of 'junk' in orbit and could become a catastrophic hazard if struck by other space debris and broken into fragments.

(Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk, VOA)

We came back to town quietly, taking a 'bus to Hyde Park Corner. Jonathan thought it would interest me to go into the Row for a while, so we sat down; but there were very few people there, and it was sad-looking and desolate to see so many empty chairs. It made us think of the empty chair at home; so we got up and walked down Piccadilly. Jonathan was holding me by the arm, the way he used to in old days before I went to school. I felt it very improper, for you can't go on for some years teaching etiquette and decorum to other girls without the pedantry of it biting into yourself a bit; but it was Jonathan, and he was my husband, and we didn't know anybody who saw us—and we didn't care if they did—so on we walked.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The smart bus is much cheaper than building a rail track.

(Driverless Bus-train Hybrid Runs on Virtual Painted Tracks, VOA)

Passers-by probably thought them a pair of harmless lunatics, for they entirely forgot to hail a bus, and strolled leisurely along, oblivious of deepening dusk and fog.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Heavy-duty vehicles, such as commercial trucks and buses, were by far the largest contributor worldwide, accounting for 76 percent of the total excess NOx emissions.

(Diesel Pollutes More Than Lab Tests Detect, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It seems a new project may come in, but with Uranus—the planet of all things unexpected—in a hard angle to this delicate new moon, the wheels of the bus may suddenly fly off.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Here are the Daily Gazette extracts of the last fortnight. ‘Lady with a black boa at Prince’s Skating Club’—that we may pass. ‘Surely Jimmy will not break his mother’s heart’—that appears to be irrelevant. ‘If the lady who fainted on Brixton bus’—she does not interest me. ‘Every day my heart longs—’ Bleat, Watson—unmitigated bleat!

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As we watched him he looked across at a boy who was bawling out the latest edition of the evening paper, and running over among the cabs and busses, he bought one from him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)