noun
definition
A police officer.
verb
definition
To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
example
On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.
definition
To rush somebody.
adjective
definition
Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
example
We crossed a busy street.
definition
Engaged in activity or by someone else.
example
He is busy with piano practice.
definition
Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
example
Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
definition
Officious; meddling.
Examples of busy in a Sentence
It's a large and busy hotel.
He was probably too busy with school to pay attention to politics.
It was a warm late afternoon as I stood out on the sidewalk and looked up at the six massive columns towering above another busy and impressive train station.
Cade had been busy this morning.
Moscow is chiefly busy with gossip, he continued.
As busy as she was, time had to be set aside for play with Destiny.
I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary.
On her next visit to the ranch, Adrienne arrived to find Mrs. Marsh busy cooking lunch.
He followed the man with eyes as green as the moss in the corner of his room down the busy hallways, unaffected by the men who spit on him or shoved him as he went.
It's too busy at Bird Song and I've been—goofing off all morning.
Maybe he was angry, or maybe he was busy scouting.
Sitting beside her in the car, I describe what I see from the window--hills and valleys and the rivers; cotton-fields and gardens in which strawberries, peaches, pears, melons, and vegetables are growing; herds of cows and horses feeding in broad meadows, and flocks of sheep on the hillside; the cities with their churches and schools, hotels and warehouses, and the occupations of the busy people.
Beside the nurse who was busy collecting equipment, there was a man in a suit standing by the door.
He returned to the Sanctuary, to the Oracle, who was busy scribbling.
They may be too busy running.
I suppose he has been too busy to write to his little friend.
Christmas week was a very busy one here, too.
They were too busy knocking on Fred's door before he'd even risen to book their reservations for Cyberville.
She was too traumatized and he too busy to deal with another source of drama.
I'm a little busy with real law enforcement.
You'll be busy with this jury business.
But I suppose he is very busy now.
He is very busy with Tessa tonight, do you think?
I was too busy trying to stay alive.
Gabriel left for the Caribbean Sanctuary, where the book possessed by a long dead Oracle was busy scribbling notes about the Present.
Keep them busy for a while.
This year is going to be a very busy one for Teacher and myself.
After passing a chasseur regiment and in the lines of the Kiev grenadiers--fine fellows busy with similar peaceful affairs--near the shelter of the regimental commander, higher than and different from the others, Prince Andrew came out in front of a platoon of grenadiers before whom lay a naked man.
He was always busy and always felt in a state of mild and cheerful intoxication.
The whole summer, from spring sowing to harvest, he was busy with the work on his farm.
Six-month old Dandy nickered to his mother, but Casper was busy talking to Princess and Dawn.
For a while she was going to be far too busy.
Betsy was busy on her computer when I entered our kitchen the following morning.
The phone was as busy as the Bird Song household this Monday morning.
He.s sort of busy fighting demons.
I just been too darn busy!
No wonder you were so busy.
I've been pretty busy.
He tried to call her back but only heard a busy signal.
I was busy again.
It looks like you've been busy.
He was busy every day.
But scientists have been busy sequencing all manner of things.
They were both so busy as to seem not to notice one another.
A coloring book and crayons kept her busy while they worked and talked.
Boston is great but it's incredibly busy all the time.
The third room was for Howie who was busy on the telephone when four of us arrived.
They've been busy lately.
She went to the main strip, where the pubs were not yet busy in the early evening.
Then he added, "I might be a bit too busy."