Meaning & Definition of Busy in English

1. Keep busy with

• "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

1. Actively or fully engaged or occupied

• "Busy with her work"

• "A busy man"

• "Too busy to eat lunch"

2. Overcrowded or cluttered with detail

• "A busy painting"

• "A fussy design"

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"

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"