bused

Verb (1)

bus (third-person singular simple present buses or busses, present participle busing or bussing, simple past and past participle bused or bussed)

1. (transitive) To transport via a motor bus.
   • Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county.1999, Michael Saso, Velvet Bonds: The Chinese Family, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page ix
2. (US, transitive) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
   • But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name1966, Phil Ochs, “Love Me, I'm a Liberal”, in Phils Ochs in Concert
3. (intransitive) To travel by bus.

Verb (2)

bus (third-person singular simple present buses or busses, present participle busing or bussing, simple past and past participle bused or bussed)

1. (US, transitive, food service) To clear meal remains from.
   • He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
2. (US, intransitive, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
   • He’s been bussing for minimum wage.

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