busy

busy has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• a.. 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.
• a.. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
• a.. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street.
• a.. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
• a.. Careful; anxious.
• v. t.. To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
• v.. keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
• a.. crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
• a.. actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"
• a.. 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"
• a.. (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"
• a.. overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"