bus
UK: bʌs | US: bʌs
n. a large motor vehicle carrying passengers by road, typically along a fixed route
v. transport by bus
v. (informal) clear tables in a restaurant or cafeteria
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The word "bus" is a shortened form of "omnibus," derived from Latin omnibus ("for all"), originally used in the phrase voiture omnibus ("carriage for all"). The term was first adopted in 1820s Paris for public transport vehicles. The truncation to "bus" reflects colloquial simplification, retaining the core idea of communal transport.
She takes the bus to work every morning.
The school buses the children to the museum.
He had to bus tables to pay for college.
The city plans to add more electric buses to its fleet.
A double-decker bus stopped at the crowded intersection.