busier; busiest
Definition of busy
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : engaged in action : occupied She's busy studying. has enough work to keep him busy for a while
b : being in use
found the telephone busy
2 : full of activity : bustling a busy seaport
3 : foolishly or intrusively active : meddling a busy, fussy sort of man much concerned with regulating everything— A. M. Young
4 : full of distracting detail
a busy design
busy
verbbusied; busying
Definition of busy (Entry 2 of 2)
: to make engaged in action : to make busy (see busy entry 1 sense 1a) : occupy busied herself about the room
: bustle small boats busied to and fro— Quentin Crewe
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