Helen Fenton

Busy: Definition and part of speech

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Busy

  1. a. Careful; anxious.
  2. a. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
  3. a. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
  4. a. Crowded with business or activities; — said of places and times; as, a busy street.
  5. a. Officious; meddling; foolish active.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

But: Definition and part of speech

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But

  1. n. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
  2. adv. & conj. Except with; unless with; without.
  3. adv. & conj. Except; besides; save.
  4. adv. & conj. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; — elliptical, for but that.
  5. adv. & conj. Otherwise than that; that not; — commonly, after a negative, with that.
  6. adv. & conj. Only; solely; merely.
  7. adv. & conj. On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; — as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
  8. prep., adv. & conj. The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; — opposed to ben, the inner room.
  9. n. A limit; a boundary.
  10. v. t. The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
  11. 1n. 1 The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
  12. 1adv. & conj. 1 Except with; unless with; without.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.