busy

Words with a similar base: busy, busybodied

'busy'

[busy.v.01] as in: keep busy with

Examples:
She busies herself with her butterfly collection

'busy'

[busy.a.01] as in: actively or fully engaged or occupied

Examples:
busy with her work
a busy man
too busy to eat lunch

'busy'

[busy.s.01] as in: overcrowded or cluttered with detail

Examples:
a busy painting
a fussy design

'busy'

[interfering.s.01] as in: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

Examples:
an interfering old woman
bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
busy about other people's business

'busy'

[busy.s.03] as in: crowded with or characterized by much activity

Examples:
a very busy week
a busy life
a busy street
a busy seaport

'busy'

[busy.s.04] as in: (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
receptionists' telephones are always engaged
the lavatory is in use
kept getting a busy signal

Origins

					busy (English)
└── busi (Middle English (1100-1500))

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