(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
Used in a Sentence
bused
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bused.
Editorial note
For example, in SF, kids from areas with historically low scholastic performance are bused into schools with better performance, the hope is that aptitude will 'rub off'.
Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of bused gathered in one view.
(transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
(transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for bused.
verb
(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
verb
(transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
verb
(transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
verb
(intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
Example sentences
For example, in SF, kids from areas with historically low scholastic performance are bused into schools with better performance, the hope is that aptitude will 'rub off'.
They bused in its proxy militias from Iraq, who doesn’t care much who to shoot.
Teams of 100+ engineers deployed in the US, being bused to hotels and given meal vouchers at night, while earning Indian wages.
So the state jacked up our taxes to build cheap apartments and then literally bused people from Caprini Green (A project) to our sleepy little town.
Maybe not flown, but could certainly have been bused, and how much exactly do you think it costs to provide benefits to homeless on a per capita basis?
I've seen kids bused across town to try and fix this.
Especially when a ton of their employees don't even want to live near Mountain View, Cupertino or Menlo Park and thus have to be bused for an hour+ from SF.
Of course if you're the family who is getting bused across town to go to a worse school you're angry, but if you're moving to a better school you're probably pretty happy.
It's not just the fact that you're kid could be: a) bused to a different area of the city away from the possible school right across the street from you b) bused to a crappy school across the city but also that this destroys neighborhoods.
SF will become a place where only high earners can live, which means most service workers will need to move out of the city and be bused in, or drive, or just fail to find jobs due to lack of transportation options.
That's not going to fix the housing supply issue; all it's going to do is turn SF into a rich-people-only city where service workers need to live elsewhere and get bused in every day.
For the State House one I photographed (learning photojournalism on the side), the anti-gay-marriage people were mostly bused in, including a pair of angry-looking old nuns in black full habit, and handed out the same ugly stock sign.
Quote examples
During my years as a guard, I had roughly 100 "saves." Most were inner-city males, bused in a few times a month.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use bused in a sentence?
For example, in SF, kids from areas with historically low scholastic performance are bused into schools with better performance, the hope is that aptitude will 'rub off'.
What does bused mean?
(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
What part of speech is bused?
bused is commonly used as verb.