to busy
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1.0
- verb
- /ˈbɪzi/
:
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- Now I just need to get out and get busy, really busy.
And it means being busied with things, even if you're being busied by enjoying the pleasures that you've set up for yourself.
- And it means being busied with things, even if you're being busied by enjoying the pleasures that you've set up for yourself.
Examples
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Twenty-four fourth-grade students busied themselves with their daily activities.
Academic text (2015) -
Mrs. Prinsloo jabbed her hook into her work and busied herself with an intricacy of the pattern.
Fiction book (1996) -
But until tomorrow, remember to get out and get busy, all right?
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So I've been kept pretty busy with all of that.
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After a while, he busied himself writing something at the booth.
Fiction book (1997) -
While the servant was gone, she busied herself for a moment at a small writing desk in the corner.
Fiction book (1991) -
At work, I busied myself in the recording of speeches on the want of thrift among the poor, the need to extend our empire to the heathen, and the importance of the monarchy in the very fabric of our lives.
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While I waited for my appointment, I busied myself with reading a book.
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The children busied themselves with drawing while waiting for their parents.
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Before the guests arrived, she busied herself with arranging the flowers.
Synonyms
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3.5
To keep someone's mind or attention busy
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1.0
To move your body often by doing exercise or play
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3.9
To be very busy with many tasks
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4.1
To keep yourself busy with an activity
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4.1
To move around quickly while busy with small tasks
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How Busy
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Etymology
Busy as a verb comes from the same root and simply means to make yourself 'occupied', so to 'busy' yourself is to keep yourself active or to work on something.