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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

busy around en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɪzi əˈraʊnd/

Meanings

  1. To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities.
    • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She stayed a long time, way past visiting hours, busying around smoothing the sheets, etc.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
busying around Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
busies around Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
busied around Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
busied around Tense=Past lexicographic