| busy | | |
| v. (social) | 1. busy, occupy | keep busy with.; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" |
| ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
| ~ putter, potter | work lightly.; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" |
| ~ smatter, play around, dabble | work with in an amateurish manner.; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" |
| adj. | 2. busy | actively or fully engaged or occupied.; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" |
| ~ at work | on the job.; "had been at work for over an hour before her boss arrived" |
| ~ drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling | doing arduous or unpleasant work.; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps" |
| ~ engaged, occupied | having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" |
| ~ overbusy | too busy. |
| ~ tied up | kept occupied or engaged.; "she's tied up at the moment and can't see you"; "the phone was tied up for almost an hour" |
| ~ up to | busy or occupied with.; "what have you been up to?"; "up to no good" |
| ~ diligent | characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks.; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" |
| ~ employed | having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary.; "most of our graduates are employed" |
| adj. | 3. busy, fussy | overcrowded or cluttered with detail.; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" |
| ~ fancy | not plain; decorative or ornamented.; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" |
| adj. | 4. busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious | 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" |
| ~ intrusive | tending to intrude (especially upon privacy).; "she felt her presence there was intrusive" |
| adj. | 5. busy | crowded with or characterized by much activity.; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport" |
| ~ active | full of activity or engaged in continuous activity.; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account" |
| adj. | 6. busy, engaged, in use | (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" |
| ~ occupied | held or filled or in use.; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied" |
| bise | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. bise, bize | a dry cold north wind in southeastern France. |
| ~ boreas, north wind, norther, northerly | a wind that blows from the north. |
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