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Definition of busy verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

busy

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈbɪzi//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they busy
 
 he / she / it busies
 
 past simple busied
 
 -ing form busying
 
 
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to fill your time doing an activity or a task busy yourself (with something) She busied herself with the preparations for the party. busy yourself (in/with) doing something While we talked, Bill busied himself making lunch.
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