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English
Etymology
em- + bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.
Pronunciation
Verb
embus (third-person singular simple present embusses, present participle embussing, simple past and past participle embussed)
- to put (troops) onto a bus
- to board a bus
Antonyms
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
From embama + -us.
Noun
embus (genitive embuse, partitive embust)
- hug
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Malay embus, from Classical Malay همبوس (hembus), همبوس (embus), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qembus (“blow hard; snort, pant”).
Pronunciation
Verb
embus
- to blow (air).
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