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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS bysig akin to D. bezig, LG besig; cf Skr. bh[=u]sh to be active, busy.] 1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as a busy merchant. Sir, my mistress sends you word That she is busy, and she can not come --Shak. 2. Constantly at work diligent; active. Busy hammers closing rivets up --Shak. Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. --Addison. 3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as a busy street. To-morrow is a busy day --Shak. 4. Officious; meddling; foolish active. On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. --Shak. 5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied; engaged. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Busied} (b[i^]z"z[i^]d); p. pr & vb n. {Busying}.] [AS. bysgian.] To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as to busy one's self with books. Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: busy adj 1: actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy" [ant: {idle}] 2: overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" [syn: {fussy}] 3: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: {interfering}, {meddlesome}, {meddling}, {officious}, {busybodied}] 4: crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport" 5: (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"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal" [syn: {engaged}, {in use(p)}] v : keep busy with "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" [syn: {occupy}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Busy, KY Zip code(s): 41723
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