busy
verb/ˈbɪzi/
/ˈbɪzi/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they busy | /ˈbɪzi/ /ˈbɪzi/ |
| he / she / it busies | /ˈbɪziz/ /ˈbɪziz/ |
| past simple busied | /ˈbɪzid/ /ˈbɪzid/ |
| past participle busied | /ˈbɪzid/ /ˈbɪzid/ |
| -ing form busying | /ˈbɪziɪŋ/ /ˈbɪziɪŋ/ |
- 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 fixing lunch.
Word OriginOld English bisgian (verb), bisig (noun); related to Dutch bezig, of unknown origin.
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