2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: busier See {busy} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: 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)}] v : keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" [syn: {occupy}] [also: {busied}, {busiest}, {busier}]
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