keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
Used in a Sentence
busy
How to use busy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for busy.
Editorial note
I'm busy helping people while you're busy calling me a cock.
Examples15
Definitions6
Parts of speech2
Quick take
keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of busy gathered in one view.
actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"
overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for busy.
verb
keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
See also: occupy
adjective
actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"
adjective
overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
See also: fussy
adjective
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"
See also: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busybodied
adjective
crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
adjective
(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"
See also: engaged
Example sentences
I'm busy helping people while you're busy calling me a cock.
They like the resolution because screens get busy, he said.
These are things the author could be doing at the school too, but presumably she's too busy.
Hopefully that'll keep my busy for another 33 years.
It may sound trite, but the real reason is -- why would they?The engineers are all busy working on new things.
Unless you're keeping the CPU busy, the screen is the biggest consumer of power.
They basically said "we are too busy to update the website right now but we will do so shortly.
They're busy backstabbing each other, politicking and fucking things up.
Most team jobs work best if members are able and willing to sublimate their egos for the good of the group: I was busy being smart and weird.
Hacker News users are super serious, busy, important startup people.
When we do fix bugs we will try to get to users as fast as possible.> 8. Replication was lackluster on busy serversThis simply sounds like a case of an overloaded server.
However, I am concerned that the design of the control panel is busy and may make it difficult to make the correct selection quickly, we'll see.
Its amazing how resourceful you get when your resources are limited!The funny thing is that when you look busy yet can still find the time to help others, people hold you in high regard.
The infrastructure is interesting for a while but once you have it working the business of doing deals and handling promotions and figuring out why integration point A isn't working like it should is what keeps you busy.
I don't know what it is, exactly, other than letting me solve the problem my own way with my own code and my own tools, but if I do that, then it's not "something you would give your employees right now if they weren't so busy," right?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use busy in a sentence?
I'm busy helping people while you're busy calling me a cock.
What does busy mean?
keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
What part of speech is busy?
busy is commonly used as verb, adjective.