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English to English adjective
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actively or fully engaged or occupied |  | Example: busy with her work
a busy man
too busy to eat lunch
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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overcrowded or cluttered with detail | | Example: a busy painting
a fussy design
source: wordnet30
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intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | | Example: an interfering old woman
bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
busy about other people's business
source: wordnet30
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crowded with or characterized by much activity | | Example: a very busy week
a busy life
a busy street
a busy seaport
source: wordnet30
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(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) | | Example: her line is busy
receptionists' telephones are always engaged
the lavatory is in use
kept getting a busy signal
source: wordnet30 verb
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keep busy with | | Example: She busies herself with her butterfly collection
source: wordnet30
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To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books. | | source: webster1913
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