[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

busy \bus"y\ bi^z"zy^, v. t. imp.  p. p. busied
   bi^z"zi^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.
   1913 webster
see also:
busied busying 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

busy \bus"y\ bi^z"zy^, a. oe. busi, bisi, as. bysig; akin
   to d. bezig, lg. besig; cf. skr. bh=ush 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.
      1913 webster

   2. constantly at work; diligent; active.
      1913 webster

            busy hammers closing rivets up.       --shak.
      1913 webster

            religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and
      times; as, a busy street.
      1913 webster

            to-morrow is a busy day.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. officious; meddling; foolish active.
      1913 webster

            on meddling monkey, or on busy ape.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. careful; anxious. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   syn: diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied;
        engaged.
        1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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 usep
     v : keep busy with; "she busies herself with her butterfly
         collection" syn: occupy
     also: busied, busiest, busier
see also:
idle fussy interfering meddlesome meddling officious 
busybodied engaged in usep occupy busied 
busiest busier 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

102 moby thesaurus words for "busy":
   absorb, active, arabesque, assiduous, at it, at work,
   attend to business, baroque, burden, bustling, busybody, chichi,
   complex, complicated, detailed, devote, diligent, divert, drive,
   elaborate, elegant, employ, employed, energetic, engage, engaged,
   engross, fag, fancy, fine, flamboyant, florid, flowery, forward,
   frilly, full of business, fussy, hard at it, hard at work, hectic,
   high-wrought, hustling, immerse, impertinent, in harness,
   industrious, inquisitive, intricate, involve, involved, keep busy,
   labored, lively, luxuriant, luxurious, meddlesome, meddling,
   mind the store, moresque, nosy, occupied, occupy, officious,
   on duty, on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump,
   on the move, on the run, oppress, ornate, ostentatious, overdrive,
   overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overtask, overtax,
   overwork, overworked, overwrought, pass the time, picturesque,
   presumptuous, pretty-pretty, prying, pushing, pushy, rich, rococo,
   self-appointed, snoopy, soak, spend, spend the time, sweat, task,
   tax, tied up, work, working

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

busy, ky
  zip codes: 41723

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