Found 4 items, similar to Busy.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: busy
sibuk
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: busy
ramai, repot, sibuk
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: busy
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: crowdedwith 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)]
[also:
busied,
busiest,
busier]
busy
v : keep busy with;
“She busies herself with her butterfly
collection” [syn:
occupy]
[also:
busied,
busiest,
busier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Busy
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.
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Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels. --Shak.
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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.
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Sir, my mistress sends you word
That she is busy, and she can not come. --Shak.
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2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
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Busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak.
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Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.
--Addison.
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3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and
times; as, a busy street.
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To-morrow is a busy day. --Shak.
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4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
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On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. --Shak.
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5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Syn: Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied;
engaged.
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