Tra từ busy - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - verb

keep busy with (Freq. 1)
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
• Syn:
occupy
• Derivationally related forms:
occupation (for: occupy)
• Hypernyms:
work
• Hyponyms:
potter, putter, dabble, smatter, play around
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP

II - adjective

1. actively or fully engaged or occupied (Freq. 30)
- busy with her work
- a busy man
- too busy to eat lunch
• Ant:
idle
• Similar to:
at work, drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling,
engaged, occupied, overbusy, tied up, up to
• See Also:
diligent, employed
• Derivationally related forms:
busyness
2. overcrowded or cluttered with detail (Freq. 1)
- a busy painting
- a fussy design
• Syn:
fussy
• Similar to:
fancy
• Derivationally related forms:
fussiness (for: fussy)
3. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Similar to:
intrusive
• Derivationally related forms:
officiousness (for: officious), meddlesomeness (for: meddlesome)
4. crowded with or characterized by much activity (Freq. 1)
- a very busy week
- a busy life
- a busy street
- a busy seaport
• Similar to:
active
• Derivationally related forms:
busyness
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
• Similar to:
occupied
• Derivationally related forms:
busyness