bus
verb C2- To clear meal remains from. · He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
- To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy. · He’s been bussing for minimum wage.
He/she/it buses · Past bused · Past participle bused · -ing form busing
Verb forms
- Base form
- bus
- He/she/it
- buses
- Past
- bused
- Past participle
- bused
- -ing form
- busing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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I came round as quickly as the Bayswater bus would bring me.
“She explains that by the difference between a ‘bus and a hansom.”
I woke up early, but the bus was late, so I arrived at exactly nine o'clock.
I'll take the 7:30 bus, because if I miss it, I'll be late.
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