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List of meaning for busy

busy(adj)

actively or fully engaged or occupied

"busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"

busy, fussy(adj)

overcrowded or cluttered with detail

"a busy painting"; "a fussy design"

interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied(adj)

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"

busy(adj)

crowded with or characterized by much activity

"a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"

busy, engaged, in use(p)(verb)

(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"

busy, occupy(verb)

keep busy with

"She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

involved in often constant activity

the deadline is in two days, so everyone at work has been extremely busy

marked by much life, movement, or activity

the busy, often hectic floor of the New York Stock Exchange

thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited

she's one of those busy production facilitators—always concerned about other people's work and never her own

to hold the attention of

the video game busied the child for hours

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