BUSIES
Verb
busies
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of busy
Noun
busies
plural of busy
Anagrams
• Subies, bussie
Source: Wiktionary
BUSY
Bus"y, a. Etym: [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG.
besig; cf. Skr. bh 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.
Sir, my mistress sends you word THat she is busy, and she can not
come. Shak.
2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
Busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak.
Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. Addison.
3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times;
as, a busy street.
To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.
4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. Shak.
5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn.
– Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied; engaged.
Bus"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied; p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] Etym:
[AS. bysgian.]
Definition: To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to
occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition