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busy
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[ adjective ] actively or fully engaged or occupied
Examples "busy with her work" "a busy man" "too busy to eat lunch" "the line is busy" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)And Anthony was busy most of the time courting this girl and that . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)They had lunch at a sidewalk cafe overlooking the intersection of two broad , busy , unpicturesque streets , and coming home they got lost in the Metro ; it took them over an hour to get_back to the station where they should have changed , in_order to take the line that went to the Place_Redoute . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)`` I would like to enact a little tableau this afternoon '' , Rector said , He explained about the visit and the effect he wished to create , the picture of a very busy mission . `` I would like them to appear very busy today , not busy exactly , but joyous , exuberant , full_of_life . `` I would like them to appear very busy today , not busy exactly , but joyous , exuberant , full_of_life . |
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[ verb ] (work) keep busy with
Synonyms Examples "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" Used in print (San Francisco Chronicle...)San_Francisco firemen busied themselves last week with their annual voluntary task of fixing_up toys for distribution to needy children . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Synonyms Examples "an interfering old woman" "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself" "busy about other people's business" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The game opened a busy week for Washington . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] crowded with or characterized by much activity
Examples "a very busy week" "a busy life" "a busy street" "a busy seaport" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Reaching the porch rail beyond view of the bar windows , he feverishly scanned the busy street below . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (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)
Examples "her line is busy" "the lavatory is in use" "kept getting a busy signal" Related terms |
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