busy
Adjective
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Actively or fully engaged or occupied (synset 300293803)
"busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"also:
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Overcrowded or cluttered with detail (synset 301799712)
"a busy painting"; "a fussy design"similar to: fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamentedsame as: fussy
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Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner (synset 301355409)
"an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"similar to: intrusive - tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
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Crowded with or characterized by much activity (synset 300036091)
"a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"similar to: active - full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
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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) (synset 301627541)"her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"similar to: occupied - held or filled or in use
Verb
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Keep busy with (synset 202420961)
"She busies herself with her butterfly collection"is a type of: work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessitysubtypes:
- potter, putter - work lightly
- dabble, play around, smatter - work with in an amateurish manner
same as: occupy
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