Busy

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Engaged in activity, as work; occupied.
  • adj. Sustaining much activity: a busy morning; a busy street.
  • adj. Meddlesome; prying.
  • adj. Being in use, as a telephone line.
  • adj. Cluttered with detail to the point of being distracting: a busy design.
  • v. To make busy; occupy: busied myself preparing my tax return.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Doing a great deal; having a lot of things to do in the space of time given
  • adj. Engaged in another activity or by someone else.
  • adj. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
  • v. To make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.
  • v. To rush somebody.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure.
  • adj. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
  • adj. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times.
  • adj. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
  • adj. Careful; anxious.
  • v. To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Actively or attentively engaged; closely occupied physically or mentally; intent upon that which one is doing; not at leisure: opposed to idle.
  • Active in that which does not concern one; meddling with or prying into the affairs of others; officious; importunate.
  • In constant or energetic action; rapidly moving or moved; diligently used: as, busy hands or thoughts.
  • Pertaining or due to energetic action; manifesting constant or rapid movement.
  • Requiring constant attention, as a task.
  • Filled with, active duties or employment.
  • Careful; anxious. Chaucer.
  • To employ with constant attention; keep engaged; make or keep busy: as, to busy one's self with books.
  • In decoration, full of detail; overcrowded; fussy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  • adj. crowded with or characterized by much activity
  • adj. (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)
  • adj. overcrowded or cluttered with detail
  • v. keep busy with
  • adj. actively or fully engaged or occupied
  • Equivalent
    intrusive    active    occupied    fancy    up to    toiling    at work    drudging    engaged    tied up   
    Verb Form
    busied    busies    busying    busyness   
    Variant
    busier    busiest    busied   
    Form
    busied    busying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    occupied    assiduous    industrious    engaged    active    diligent    officious    meddling    careful    anxious   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Izzy    Lizzie    Lizzy    dizzy    tizzy   
    Unknown
    Memes   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    happy    new    active    long    anxious