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English Dictionary: busy	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for busy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
busy adj actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" Antonym(s): idle overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" Synonym(s): 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" Synonym(s): interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport" (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" Synonym(s): busy, engaged, in use(p) v keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" Synonym(s): busy, occupy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Busy \Bus"y\ (b[icr]z"z[ycr]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Busied} (b[icr]z"z[icr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Busying}.] [AS. bysgian.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Busy \Bus"y\ (b[icr]z"z[ycr]), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh[umac]sh 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Busy, KY Zip code(s): 41723