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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied
(b[i^]z"z[i^]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.
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Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin
to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh[=u]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.
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Sir, my mistress sends you word
That she is busy, and she can not come. --Shak.
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2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
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Busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak.
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Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.
--Addison.
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3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and
times; as, a busy street.
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To-morrow is a busy day. --Shak.
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4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
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On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. --Shak.
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5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Syn: Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied;
engaged.
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WordNet busy
adj 1: actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work";
"a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is
busy" [ant: idle]
2: overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a
fussy design" [syn: fussy]
3: 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" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious,
busybodied]
4: crowdedwith or characterized by much activity; "a very busy
week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
5: (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" [syn: engaged, in use(p)]
v : keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly
collection" [syn: occupy]
[also: busied, busiest, busier]

Moby Dictionary
absorb , active , arabesque , assiduous , at it , at work ,
attend to business , baroque , burden , bustling , busybody , chichi ,
complex , complicated , detailed , devote , diligent , divert , drive ,
elaborate , elegant , employ , employed , energetic , engage , engaged ,
engross , fag , fancy , fine , flamboyant , florid , flowery , forward ,
frilly , full of business , fussy , hard at it , hard at work , hectic ,
high-wrought , hustling , immerse , impertinent , in harness ,
industrious , inquisitive , intricate , involve , involved , keep busy ,
labored , lively , luxuriant , luxurious , meddlesome , meddling ,
mind the store , moresque , nosy , occupied , occupy , officious ,
on duty , on the go , on the hop , on the job , on the jump ,
on the move , on the run , oppress , ornate , ostentatious , overdrive ,
overelaborate , overelegant , overlabored , overtask , overtax ,
overwork , overworked , overwrought , pass the time , picturesque ,
presumptuous , pretty-pretty , prying , pushing , pushy , rich , rococo ,
self-appointed , snoopy , soak , spend , spend the time , sweat , task ,
tax , tied up , work , working

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