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1. (adj.) busy
actively and attentively engaged, esp. in work.
2. busy
not at leisure; otherwise engaged:
He's busy and can't see you.
3. busy
full of activity:
a busy life.
4. busy
(of a telephone line) in use.
5. busy
meddlesome; prying.
6. busy
cluttered with small, fussy details:
The rug is too busy for this room.
7. (v.t.) busy
to keep occupied; make or keep busy.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME busi, bisi, OE bysig, bisig)
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1. (adj) busy
actively or fully engaged or occupied
"busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"
2. (adj) busy, fussy
overcrowded or cluttered with detail
"a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
3. (adj) interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied
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"
4. (adj) busy
crowded with or characterized by much activity
"a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
5. (verb) busy, engaged, in use(p)
(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"
6. (verb) busy, occupy
keep busy with
"She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
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1. (adjective) busy
having a lot to do
too busy to go to the party; busy talking/working/cleaning; Four kids will keep you busy!
2. busy
keep sb busy
full of people and activity
a busy store/airport
3. busy
(of telephone line) unavailable; = engaged
The line is busy.
4. (verb) busy
busy yourself
to find activities to keep busy
He busied himself with projects at home.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) busy
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
2. (adj) busy
constantly at work; diligent; active
3. (adj) busy
crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street
4. (adj) busy
officious; meddling; foolish active
5. (adj) busy
careful; anxious
6. (verb) busy
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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Sense: having a lot (of work etc) to do
I am very busy.
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 Afrikaans: besig |
 Arabic: مَشْغول، مُنْهَمِك |
 Bulgarian: зает |
 Brazilian: ocupado |
 Czech: zaneprázdněný, zaměstnán |
 German: beschäftigt |
 Danish: travl |
 Greek: απασχολημένος |
 Spanish: ocupado |
 Estonian: hõivatud |
 Farsi: مشغول |
 Finnish: kiireinen |
 French: occupé |
 Hebrew: עָסוּק |
 Hindi: व्यस्त |
 Croatian: zaposlen |
 Hungarian: elfoglalt |
 Indonesian: banyak pekerjaan, sibuk |
 Icelandic: upptekinn,önnum kafinn |
 Italian: occupato |
 Japanese: 忙しい |
 Korean: 바쁜 |
 Lithuanian: užsiėmęs, užimtas |
 Latvian: aizņemts; nevaļīgs |
 Malay: sibuk |
 Dutch: bezig, druk |
 Norwegian: travel, opptatt |
 Polish: zajęty, zapracowany |
 Persian: مشغول |
 Pashto: مشغول، مصروف |
 Portuguese: ocupado |
 Romanian: ocupat |
 Russian: занятой |
 Slovak: zamestnanie |
 Slovenian: zaposlen |
 Serbian: zauzet |
 Swedish: upptagen |
 Thai: ยุ่ง |
 Turkish: meşgul, işi var |
 Taiwanese: 忙碌的 |
 Ukrainian: зайнятий |
 Urdu: مصروف |
 Vietnamese: bận rộn |
 Chinese: 忙的 |
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