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Busy word meaning and definition

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[adjective] crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
[adjective] actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] (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"
[adjective] overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
[verb] keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
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\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.
\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.

Synonyms for busy

active, at work(p), busybodied, drudging, engaged, fancy, fussy, in use(p), interfering, intrusive, laboring, labouring, meddlesome, meddling, occupied, occupy, officious, overbusy, tied up(p), toiling, up to

Antonyms: idle

See also: dabble | diligent | employed | play around | potter | putter | smatter | work |

Related terms: assiduous, burden, elegant, employ, energetic, engross, fag, flamboyant, frilly, fussy, hard at it, hectic, high-wrought, immerse, involved, occupy, officious, on the job, overelegant, pushing, pushy, work

The fun area, different aproach to word »busy«

Let's analyse "busy" as pure text. This string has Four letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YSUB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]

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Morse code: -... ..- ... -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: busy: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 (or 1 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: busy: 2 + 3 + 1 + 7 = 13, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
B (1) 2 High Priestess Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
S (1) 19 Sun Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
U (1) 21 World Gifted, Generous, Bountiful
Y (1) 25 Knight of Wands Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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