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ALL meanings of busing

bus·ing
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  • noun busing the practice of transporting by bus 3
  • noun busing the transporting (of children) by bus from one area to a school in another esp, in the US, to create racially integrated classes 3
  • noun busing the transporting of children by buses to schools outside their neighborhoods as a result of a federal court's order to desegregate the school system 3
  • noun busing transporting children to non-local schools 1
  • noun busing transportation by bus 1
  • noun busing the transporting of students by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school. 1
  • noun plural busing a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus. 1
  • noun plural busing a similar horse-drawn vehicle. 1
  • noun plural busing a passenger automobile or airplane used in a manner resembling that of a bus. 1
  • noun plural busing any vehicle operated to transport children to school. 1
  • noun plural busing a low, movable filing cabinet. 1
  • noun plural busing Electricity.. Also called bus bar, busbar [buhs-bahr] /ˈbʌsˌbɑr/ (Show IPA). a heavy conductor, often made of copper in the shape of a bar, used to collect, carry, and distribute powerful electric currents, as those produced by generators. 1
  • noun plural busing Computers. a circuit that connects the CPU with other devices in a computer. 1
  • verb with object busing to convey or transport by bus: to bus the tourists to another hotel. 1
  • verb with object busing to transport (pupils) to school by bus, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school. 1
  • verb without object busing to travel on or by means of a bus: We bused to New York on a theater trip. 1
  • idioms busing throw under the bus. throw (def 57). 1
  • noun busing The transportation of schoolchildren, by bus, to schools in other neighbourhoods in order to alleviate social inequalities or to achieve racial integration. 0
  • verb busing present participle of bus. 0
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