noun
a complex of runways and buildings for the takeoff, landing, and maintenance of civil aircraft, with facilities for passengers.
• [as modifier ] relating to or denoting light popular fiction such as is offered for sale to travelers in airports : another airport thriller.
Bus: 1 a large motor vehicle carrying passengers by road, esp. one serving the public on a fixed route and for a fare : [as adj. ] a bus service.
2 Computing a distinct set of conductors carrying data and control signals within a computer system, to which pieces of equipment may be connected in parallel.
Bus:
noun ( pl. buses or busses )
1 a large motor vehicle carrying passengers by road, esp. one serving the public on a fixed route and for a fare : [as adj. ] a bus service.
2 Computing a distinct set of conductors carrying data and control signals within a computer system, to which pieces of equipment may be connected in parallel.
verb ( buses, bused, busing or busses, bussed, bussing |bəsɪŋ|)
1 [ trans. ] (often be bused) transport in a communal road vehicle : managerial staff was bused in and out of the factory.
• transport (a child of one race) to a school where another race is predominant, in an attempt to promote racial integration.
2 [ trans. ] remove (dirty tableware) from a table in a restaurant or cafeteria : I'd never bused so many dishes in one night.
• remove dirty tableware from (a table) : Chad buses tables on weekends.
Buses:
noun ( pl. buses or busses )
1 a large motor vehicle carrying passengers by road, esp. one serving the public on a fixed route and for a fare : [as adj. ] a bus service.
2 Computing a distinct set of conductors carrying data and control signals within a computer system, to which pieces of equipment may be connected in parallel.
verb ( buses, bused, busing or busses, bussed, bussing |bəsɪŋ|)
1 [ trans. ] (often be bused) transport in a communal road vehicle : managerial staff was bused in and out of the factory.
• transport (a child of one race) to a school where another race is predominant, in an attempt to promote racial integration.
2 [ trans. ] remove (dirty tableware) from a table in a restaurant or cafeteria : I'd never bused so many dishes in one night.
• remove dirty tableware from (a table) : Chad buses tables on weekends.
Cab:
noun
1 short for taxicab .
• historical a horse-drawn vehicle for public hire.
2 the driver's compartment in a truck, bus, or train.
verb ( cabbed |købd|, cabbing |købɪŋ|) [ intrans. ]
travel in a taxi : Roger cabbed home.
Car:
noun
a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people : we're going by car | [as adj. ] a car crash.
• a vehicle that runs on rails, esp. a railroad car.
• a railroad car of a specified kind : the first-class cars.
• the passenger compartment of an elevator, cableway, airship, or balloon.
• poetic/literary a chariot.
Coach:
noun
1 a horse-drawn carriage, esp. a closed one.
2 a railroad car.
• [as adj. ] denoting economy class seating in an aircraft or train : the cheapest coach-class fare.
3 a bus, esp. one that is comfortably equipped and used for longer journeys. : [as adj. ]
verb [ intrans. ]
travel by coach : they coached to Claude's dwelling.
adverb
in economy class accommodations in an aircraft or train : flying coach.Coaches
Corporate:
adjective
of or relating to a corporation, esp. a large company or group : airlines are very keen on their corporate identity.
• Law (of a company or group of people) authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law.
• of or shared by all the members of a group : the service emphasizes the corporate responsibility of the congregation.
Cruise:
verb [ intrans. ]
sail about in an area without a precise destination, esp. for pleasure : they were cruising off the California coast | [ trans. ] she cruised the canals of France in a barge.
• take a vacation on a ship or boat following a predetermined course, usually calling in at several ports.
• (of a vehicle or person) travel or move slowly around without a specific destination in mind : a police van cruised past us | [ trans. ] teenagers were aimlessly cruising the mall.
• (of a motor vehicle or aircraft) travel smoothly at a moderate or economical speed.
• achieve an objective with ease, esp. in sports : he cruised to an easy victory in Tuesday's primary.
• [ trans. ] informal wander about (a place) in search of a sexual partner : he cruised the gay bars of Los Angeles.
• [ trans. ] informal attempt to pick up (a sexual partner) : he was cruising a pair of sailors.
noun
a voyage on a ship or boat taken for pleasure or as a holiday and usually calling in at several places : a cruise down the Nile | [as adj. ] a cruise liner.
Destinations:
noun
the place to which someone or something is going or being sent : a popular destination for golfers.
adjective
being a place that people will make a special trip to visit : a destination restaurant.
Disclaimer:
noun
a statement that denies something, esp. responsibility : the novel carries the usual disclaimer about the characters bearing no relation to living persons.
• Law an act of repudiating another's claim or renouncing one's own.
Event:
noun
a thing that happens, esp. one of importance : the media's focus on events in the Middle East.
• a planned public or social occasion : events to raise money for charity.
• each of several particular contests making up a sports competition : a star sprinter in the 100- and 200-meter events.
Group:
noun [treated as sing. or pl. ]
a number of people or things that are located close together or are considered or classed together : these bodies fall into four distinct groups.
• a number of people who work together or share certain beliefs : I now belong to my local drama group.
• a commercial organization consisting of several companies under common ownership.
• a number of musicians who play popular music together.
• Military a unit of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of two or more squadrons.
• Military a unit of the U.S. Army, consisting of two or more battalions.
• Art two or more figures or objects forming a design.
• Chemistry a set of elements occupying a column in the periodic table and having broadly similar properties arising from their similar electronic structure.
• Chemistry a combination of atoms having a recognizable identity in a number of compounds.
• Mathematics a set of elements, together with an associative binary operation, that contains an inverse for each element and an identity element.
• Geology a stratigraphic division consisting of two or more formations.
Hire:
verb [ trans. ]
1 employ (someone) for wages : management hired and fired labor in line with demand.
• employ for a short time to do a particular job : don't hire a babysitter who's under 16 | [as adj. ] ( hired) a hired assassin.
• ( hire oneself out) make oneself available for temporary employment : he hired himself out as a laborer.
2 chiefly Brit. obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment; rent : she had to hire a dress for the wedding.
• ( hire something out) grant the temporary use of something for an agreed payment.
Hotel:
noun
1 an establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists.
2 a code word representing the letter H, used in radio communication.
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from French hôtel, from Old French hostel (see hostel ).
Limousine:
noun
a large, luxurious automobile, esp. one driven by a chauffeur who is separated from the passengers by a partition.
• a similar vehicle hired to take passengers to a special event or destination.
• a passenger vehicle carrying people to and from an airport.
Opera:
noun
a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
• such works as a genre of classical music.
• a building for the performance of opera.
Shuttle:
noun
1 a form of transportation that travels regularly between two places : the nine o'clock shuttle from Boston | [as adj. ] a shuttle bus service from the city center.
• short for space shuttle .
2 a wooden device with two pointed ends holding a bobbin, used for carrying the weft thread between the warp threads in weaving.
• a bobbin carrying the lower thread in a sewing machine.
3 short for shuttlecock .
verb [ intrans. ]
travel regularly between two or more places : a container ship that shuttled between Rotterdam and the Persian Gulf.
• [ trans. ] transport in a shuttle : the river taxi shuttled employees between the newspaper's offices and the capital.
Sydney:
the capital of New South Wales in southeastern Australia, the country's largest city and chief port; pop. 3,098,000. It has a fine natural harbor, crossed by the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932), and a striking opera house (1973).
Testimonials:
noun
a formal statement testifying to someone's character and qualifications.
• a public tribute to someone and to their achievements.
• [often as adj. ] (in sports) a game or event held in honor of a player, who typically receives part of the income generated : the Yankees held a testimonial day for Gehrig.
Transfers:
verb |transˈfər; ˈtransfər| ( -ferred , -ferring ) [ trans. ]
move (someone or something) from one place to another : he would have to transfer money to his own account.
• move or cause to move to another group, occupation, or service : [ intrans. ] she transferred to the Physics Department | [ trans. ] employees have been transferred to the installation team.
Transport:
verb |transˈpôrt| [ trans. ]
take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship : the bulk of freight traffic was transported by truck.
• figurative cause (someone) to feel that they are in another place or time : for a moment she was transported to a warm summer garden on the night of a ball.
• (usu. be transported) overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, esp. joy : she was transported with pleasure.
• historical send (a convict) to a penal colony.
noun |ˈtransˌpôrt| |ˈtrøn(t)sˈpɔrt| |ˈtranspɔːt| |ˈtrɑːn-|
1 a system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship : many possess their own forms of transport | air transport.
• the action of transporting something or the state of being transported : the transport of crude oil.
• a large vehicle, ship, or aircraft used to carry troops or stores.
• historical a convict who was transported to a penal colony.
2 (usu. transports) an overwhelmingly strong emotion : art can send people into transports of delight.
Tour:
noun
1 a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited : three couples from Kansas on an airline tour of Alaska.
• a short trip to or through a place in order to view or inspect something : a tour of the White House.
2 a journey made by performers or an athletic team, in which they perform or play in several different places: : she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on tour.
• ( the tour) (in golf, tennis, and other sports) the annual round of events in which top professionals compete.
3 (also tour of duty) a period of duty on military or diplomatic service : he was haunted by his tour of duty in Vietnam.
verb [ trans. ]
make a tour of (an area) : he decided to tour France | [ intrans. ] they had toured in a little minivan.
• take (a performer, production, etc.) on tour.
Taxi:
noun ( pl. taxis )
short for taxicab .
• a boat or other means of transportation used to convey passengers in return for payment of a fare.
verb ( taxis, taxied |ˈtøksid|, taxiing |ˈtøksiɪŋ| or taxying) [ intrans. ]
1 (of an aircraft) move slowly along the ground before takeoff or after landing : the plane taxis up to a waiting limousine.
• [ trans. ] (of a pilot) cause (an aircraft) to move in such a way : he taxied it to the very end of the airstrip.
2 take a taxi as a means of transport : I would taxi home and sleep till eight.
ORIGIN early 20th cent.: abbreviation of taxicab or taximeter cab (see taximeter ).
Taxi Cab:
noun
1 short for taxicab .
• historical a horse-drawn vehicle for public hire.
2 the driver's compartment in a truck, bus, or train.
verb ( cabbed |købd|, cabbing |købɪŋ|) [ intrans. ]
travel in a taxi : Roger cabbed home.
ORIGIN early 19th cent.: abbreviation of cabriolet .
cab 2 |køb| |kab|
noun informal
a cabinet containing a speaker or speakers for a guitar amplifier.
Taxi Cabs:
noun
1 short for taxicab .
• historical a horse-drawn vehicle for public hire.
2 the driver's compartment in a truck, bus, or train.
verb ( cabbed |købd|, cabbing |købɪŋ|) [ intrans. ]
travel in a taxi : Roger cabbed home.
Maxi:
noun ( pl. maxis)
a thing that is very large of its kind, in particular
• (also maxiskirt or maxicoat)a skirt or coat reaching to the ankle.
• (also maxi-yacht or maxi-boat) a racing yacht of between approximately 15 and 20 meters in length.
Wedding:
verb ( wedding ; past and past part. wedded or wed ) [ trans. ] chiefly formal or archaic
get married to : he was to wed the king's daughter.
• [ intrans. ] get married : they wed a week after meeting | ( be wed) after a three-month engagement, they were wed in London.
• give or join in marriage : will you wed your daughter to him?
• [as adj. ] ( wedded) of or concerning marriage : a celebration of 25 years' wedded bliss.
• combine (two factors or qualities, esp. desirable ones) : in this recording he weds an excellent program with a distinctive vocal style.
• ( be wedded to) be obstinately attached or devoted to (an activity, belief, or system) : foreign policy has remained wedded to outdated assumptions.
ORIGIN Old English weddian, from the Germanic base of Scots wed [a pledge] ; related to Latin vas ‘surety,’ also to gage 1 .
noun
a marriage ceremony, esp. considered as including the associated celebrations.
Wine:
noun
an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice.
• [with adj. ] an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of specified other fruits or plants : a glass of dandelion wine.
• short for wine red .
verb [ trans. ] ( wine and dine someone)
entertain someone by offering them drinks or a meal : members of Congress have been lavishly wined and dined by lobbyists for years.
• [ intrans. ] (of a person) take part in such entertainment : we wined and dined with Eddie's and Bernie's friends.
Wineries:
noun ( pl. -eries)
an establishment where wine is made.
Winery:
noun ( pl. -eries)
an establishment where wine is made.
Wines:
noun
an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice.
• [with adj. ] an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of specified other fruits or plants : a glass of dandelion wine.
• short for wine red .
verb [ trans. ] ( wine and dine someone)
entertain someone by offering them drinks or a meal : members of Congress have been lavishly wined and dined by lobbyists for years.
• [ intrans. ] (of a person) take part in such entertainment : we wined and dined with Eddie's and Bernie's friends.
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