busy


busy (http://definr.com/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: crowded with 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]