Sekirov Dictionary

busy

/ˈbɪz.i/

adjective 6
noun 1
verb 1
forms 7
phrases 6

adjective6

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Having much work to do; having much to get done.
- Finding the time to work out and cook healthy meals is easily pushed to the wayside in our ordinary, busy lives. — 2015
•
Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
- The director cannot see you now: he's busy.
- Her telephone has been busy all day.
•
(of a place) with a lot going on, often with many people or cars moving around
- Be careful crossing that busy street.
•
(of a period of time) with a lot going on and many things to do
- To-morrow is a busy day. — 1593
•
Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
- Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
•
Officious; meddling.
- I will be hanged if some eternal villain, Some busy and insinuating rogue, Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, Have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else. — 1603

noun1

(slang, disapproving) A police officer.

verb[with oneself]1

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To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
- On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.
- The work busied me all afternoon.

forms

busied · busying · busies · busieth · busiest · busier · busiest

Phrases with busy

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