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busy in WordNet English dictionary
verb- keep busy with
"She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
busy occupy
adjective- actively or fully engaged or occupied
"busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"
busy
- overcrowded or cluttered with detail
"a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
busy fussy
- 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"
interfering meddlesome meddling officious busy busybodied
- (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 engaged in use
- crowded with or characterized by much activity
"a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
busy
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University