Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) busy, occupy (keep busy with) "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
Adjective
S: (adj) busy (actively or fully engaged or occupied) "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"
S: (adj) busy, fussy (overcrowded or cluttered with detail) "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
S: (adj) interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied (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"
S: (adj) busy (crowded with or characterized by much activity) "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
S: (adj) 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"