Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - busy
Busy
busy
adj., v., & n. --adj. (busier, busiest) 1 (often foll. by in, with, at, or pres. part.) occupied or engaged in work etc. with the attention concentrated (busy at their needlework; he was busy packing). 2 full of activity or detail; fussy (a busy evening; a picture busy with detail). 3 employed continuously; unresting (busy as a bee). 4 meddlesome; prying. 5 esp. US (of a telephone line) engaged. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) (often refl.) keep busy; occupy (the work busied him for many hours; busied herself with the accounts). --n. (pl. -ies) sl. a detective; a policeman. Phrases and idioms busy Lizzie a house-plant, Impatiens Walleriana, with usu. toothed leaves and pendulous flowers. Derivatives busily adv. busyness n. (cf. BUSINESS). Etymology: OE bisig
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I. adjective (busier; -est) Etymology: Middle English bisy, from Old English bisig; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German besich ~ Date: before 12th century 1. engaged in action ; occupied, being in use , full of activity ; bustling , foolishly or intrusively active ; meddling, full of distracting detail , busily adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. verb (busied; ~ing) Date: before 12th century transitive verb to make ~ ; occupy, intransitive verb bustle ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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