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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Busy, KY
    Zip code(s): 41723

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied
     (b[i^]z"z[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] [AS. bysgian.]
     To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged;
     to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
           With foreign quarrels.                   --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin
     to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh[=u]sh to be active,
     busy.]
     1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually
        or only for the time being); occupied with serious
        affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Sir, my mistress sends you word
              That she is busy, and she can not come. --Shak.
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     2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
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              Busy hammers closing rivets up.       --Shak.
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              Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.
                                                    --Addison.
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     3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and
        times; as, a busy street.
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              To-morrow is a busy day.              --Shak.
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     4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
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              On meddling monkey, or on busy ape.   --Shak.
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     5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     Syn: Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied;
          engaged.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin
     to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh[=u]sh to be active,
     busy.]
     1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually
        or only for the time being); occupied with serious
        affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
  
              Sir, my mistress sends you word That she is busy,
              and she can not come.                 --Shak.
  
     2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
  
              Busy hammers closing rivets up.       --Shak.
  
              Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and
        times; as, a busy street.
  
              To-morrow is a busy day.              --Shak.
  
     4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
  
              On meddling monkey, or on busy ape.   --Shak.
  
     5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     Syn: Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied;
          engaged.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied
     (b[i^]z"z[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] [AS. bysgian.]
     To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged;
     to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
  
           Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign
           quarrels.                                --Shak.

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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  busy
     Αγγλικά a.
     απασχολημένος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  busy
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm bisy)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  busy
     a.
     1 Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
     2 engaged in activity or by someone else.
     3 Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
     4 officious; meddling.
     n.
     (lb en slang UK Liverpool derogatory) A police officer.
     vb.
     1 (rfm-sense: en) (lb en transitive usually reflexive) To make
  somebody busy or active; to occupy.
     2 (rfm-sense: en) (lb en transitive) To rush somebody. (rfex: en)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  busy
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm bisy)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  busy
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm bisy)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  busy
     Englanti a.
     1 kiireinen
     2 varattu (puhelinnumerosta)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  busy
     Engelska a.
     1 upptagen, som har mycket att göra och därmed är oförmögen att
  avsätta tid för nya göromål
     2 upptagen; redan i bruk

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  busy /bˈɪzi/
  1. besig
  2. beset

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Busy /bˈɪzi/
  مشغول

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  busy //ˈbɪzi// 
  1. деен, за́ет
  doing a great deal
  2. зает
  engaged

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  busy //ˈbɪzi// 
  занимавам
  to keep busy with