Bussed vs Bused - What's the difference?
bussed | bused | Alternative forms |
(bus),
(buss)
(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
(medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
(transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
(transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly, US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
(transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
(intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
(bus)
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, passage=In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice.}}
Bused is a alternative form of bussed.
As verbs the difference between bussed and bused
is that bussed is past tense of bus, an alternative spelling of nocap=1 lang=en while bused is past tense of bus.bussed
English
Verb
(head)bus
English
(wikipedia bus)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (vehicle) coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, omnibus * (electrical conductor) electrical bus, busbar, digit trunkDerived terms
{{der3, booze bus , busbar , bus duct , bus lane , short bus , bus route , bus stop , bustitution , back end of a bus, look like the back end of a bus}}Verb
- He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
- He’s been bussing for minimum wage.
Usage notes
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings (buses), (busing), and (bused), implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.Derived terms
* (clear meal remains) busboybused
English
Alternative forms
* bussedVerb
(head)citation
