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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
busy
adj 1: actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her
work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" [ant:
idle]
2: overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a
fussy design" [syn: busy, fussy]
3: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering
old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an
officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's
business" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling,
officious, busy, busybodied]
4: crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy
week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
5: (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable
for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability;
(`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her
line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always
engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy
signal" [syn: busy, engaged, in use(p)]
v 1: keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly
collection" [syn: busy, occupy]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin
to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh[=u]sh to be active,
busy.]
1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually
or only for the time being); occupied with serious
affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
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Sir, my mistress sends you word
That she is busy, and she can not come. --Shak.
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2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
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Busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak.
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Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.
--Addison.
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3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and
times; as, a busy street.
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To-morrow is a busy day. --Shak.
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4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
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On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. --Shak.
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5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Syn: Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied;
engaged.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied
(b[i^]z"z[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] [AS. bysgian.]
To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged;
to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
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Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels. --Shak.
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