busy

adjective

  1. 1

    crowded with or characterized by much activity

    a very busy week

    a busy life

  2. 2

    actively or fully engaged or occupied

    busy with her work

    a busy man

  3. 3

    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

    an interfering old woman

    bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself

  4. 4

    (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

  5. 5

    overcrowded or cluttered with detail

    a busy painting

    a fussy design

verb

  1. 1

    keep busy with

    She busies herself with her butterfly collection

Synonyms

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