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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | busy | Actively or fully engaged or occupied |
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| 2 | busy, fussy | Overcrowded or cluttered with detail | |
| 3 | busy, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busybodied | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | |
| 4 | busy | Crowded with or characterized by much activity | |
| 5 | busy, engaged, in use | (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability | |
| VERB | 1 | busy, occupy | Keep busy with |
| Sounds | bih'ziy |
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| Rhymes | Anasazi, Boise, boozy, and 53 more rhymes in ziy... |
| Meaning | Actively or fully engaged or occupied. |
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| Examples | "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy" |
| Contrary | idle |
| Similar | at work; drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling; engaged, occupied; overbusy; tied up; up to |
| See also | diligent; employed |
| Nouns | busyness |
| Adverbs | busily |
| Meaning | Overcrowded or cluttered with detail. |
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| Examples | "a busy painting" |
| Synonyms | fussy |
| Similar to | fancy |
| Meaning | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. |
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| Examples | "busy about other people's business" |
| Synonyms | interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busybodied |
| Similar to | intrusive |
| Meaning | Crowded with or characterized by much activity. |
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| Examples | "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport" |
| Similar to | active |
| Nouns | busyness |
| Meaning | (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). |
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| Examples | "her line is busy"; "kept getting a busy signal" |
| Synonyms | engaged, in use |
| Similar to | occupied |
| Nouns | busyness |
| Meaning | Keep busy with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
| Synonyms | occupy |
| Broader | work |
| Narrower | potter, putter; dabble, smatter, play around |
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