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bus ◆◇◇ /bʌ s/ (buses , busses , bussing , bussed ) The plural form of the noun is buses . The third person singular of the verb is busses . American English uses the spellings buses , busing , bused for the verb. 1 N‑COUNT [oft by N ] A bus is a large motor vehicle which carries passengers from one place to another. Buses drive along particular routes, and you have to pay to travel in them. □  He missed his last bus home. □  They had to travel everywhere by bus.

2 VERB When someone is bussed to a particular place or when they bus there, they travel there on a bus. □ [be V -ed adv/prep] Students from around the country are being bussed in for the protest. □ [V adv/prep] To get our Colombian visas we bussed back to Medellin. □ [V -ed] Essential services were provided by Serbian workers bussed in from outside the province.

3 VERB [usu passive] In some parts of the United States, when children are bused to school, they are transported by bus to a school in a different area so that children of different races can be educated together. □ [be V -ed adv/prep] Many schools were in danger of closing because the children were bused out to other areas. ●  bus|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  The courts ordered busing to desegregate the schools.

bu s boy (bus boys ) N‑COUNT A bus boy is someone whose job is to set or clear tables in a restaurant. [AM ]

bush /bʊ ʃ/ (bushes )

1 N‑COUNT A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches. □  Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.

2 N‑SING [oft N n] The wild, uncultivated parts of some hot countries are referred to as the bush . □  They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours.

3 PHRASE If you tell someone not to beat about the bush , you mean that you want them to tell you something immediately and quickly, rather than in a complicated, indirect way. □  Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?

bushed /bʊ ʃt/ ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you say that you are bushed , you mean that you are extremely tired. [INFORMAL ] □  I'm bushed. I'm going to bed.

bush|el /bʊ ʃ ^ə l/ (bushels ) N‑COUNT A bushel is a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons.

Bush|man /bʊ ʃmæn/ (Bushmen ) N‑COUNT A Bushman is an aboriginal person from the southwestern part of Africa, especially the Kalahari desert region.

bushy /bʊ ʃi/ (bushier , bushiest )

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Bushy hair or fur is very thick. □  …bushy eyebrows. □  …a bushy tail.

2 ADJ A bushy plant has a lot of leaves very close together. □  …strong, sturdy, bushy plants.

busi|ly /b I z I li/ ADV [ADV with v] If you do something busily , you do it in a very active way. □  The two saleswomen were busily trying to keep up with the demand.

busi|ness ◆◆◆ /b I zn I s/ (businesses )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services. □  …young people seeking a career in business. □  Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background. □  …Harvard Business School.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Business is used when talking about how many products or services a company is able to sell. If business is good, a lot of products or services are being sold and if business is bad, few of them are being sold. □  They worried that German companies would lose business. □  Business is booming.

3 N‑COUNT A business is an organization which produces and sells goods or which provides a service. □  The company was a family business. □  The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months. □  He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.