busy
(adjective) crowded with or characterized by much activity; âa very busy weekâ; âa busy lifeâ; âa busy streetâ; âa busy seaportâ
busy
(adjective) actively or fully engaged or occupied; âbusy with her workâ; âa busy manâ; âtoo busy to eat lunchâ
interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied
(adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; âan interfering old womanâ; âbustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himselfâ; âbusy about other peopleâs businessâ
busy, engaged, in use
(adjective) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (âengagedâ is a British term for a busy telephone line); âher line is busyâ; âreceptionistsâ telephones are always engagedâ; âthe lavatory is in useâ; âkept getting a busy signalâ
busy, fussy
(adjective) overcrowded or cluttered with detail; âa busy paintingâ; âa fussy designâ
busy, occupy
(verb) keep busy with; âShe busies herself with her butterfly collectionâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
busy (comparative busier, superlative busiest)
Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
Engaged in activity or by someone else.
Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
Officious; meddling.
• swamped
busy (third-person singular simple present busies, present participle busying, simple past and past participle busied)
(transitive) To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
• On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.
(transitive) To rush somebody.
busy (plural busies)
(slang, UK, Liverpool, derogatory) A police officer.
• buys
Source: Wiktionary
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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; âtheoretical scienceâ
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