keep+busy
31busy — I adj. 1) busy at, with (the children were busy with their homework) 2) to be busy doing smt. (she was busy getting dinner ready) 3) to keep smb. busy II v. (d; refl.) to busy by, with (he busied himself with various jobs) * * * [ bɪzɪ] with (he… …
32keep — I n. maintenance to earn one s keep II v. 1) (D; tr.) ( to have ) to keep about (esp. BE), around (do you keep a screwdriver around the house?) 2) (d; intr.) to keep after ( to keep persuading ) (keep after the children; they are still too… …
33keep someone busy — to have or give someone a lot of things to do or think about, often as a way of filling up time We ve got enough work here to keep us busy for weeks. You keep them busy while I call the police. I try to keep myself busy as much as possible …
34Busy Signal (artist) — Born in Tivoli Gardens in the heart of West Kingston, Busy Signal, born Reanno Gordon, started singing hymns at his mother s church.When church was over, Reanno would sit on the corner with his friends and flip the devotional lyrics, until his… …
35busy — 1 / bIzi/ adjective 1 WORKING NOW someone who is busy at a particular time is working and is not available: She s busy now, can you phone later? (+ with): Mr Haynes is busy with a customer at the moment. 2 busy doing sth giving something a lot of …
36busy*/*/*/ — [ˈbɪzi] adj I 1) having a lot of things to do He is an extremely busy man.[/ex] It s been a very busy day.[/ex] We have enough work here to keep us busy for weeks.[/ex] Irina and Marcus were busy with preparations for their wedding.[/ex] We re… …
37keep — keep1 W1S1 [ki:p] v past tense and past participle kept [kept] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not change)¦ 2¦(continue doing something)¦ 3¦(not give back)¦ 4¦(not lose)¦ 5¦(store something)¦ 6¦(make somebody stay in a place)¦ 7¦(delay somebody)¦ 8¦(do what you… …
38Busy waiting — In software engineering, busy waiting or spinning is a technique in which a process repeatedly checks to see if a condition is true, such as waiting for keyboard input or waiting for a lock to become available. It can also be used to delay… …
39keep — [[t]ki͟ːp[/t]] ♦ keeps, keeping, kept 1) V LINK ERG If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it. [V n adj/prep] The noise kept him awake... [V n adj/prep] Reggie was being kept busy behind the bar... [V adj/prep] To keep… …
40keep — 1 /ki:p/ verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/ 1 NOT GIVE BACK (T) to have something and not need to give it back: You can keep it. I don t need it. | Try it for a week and we guarantee you ll want to keep it. 2 NOT LOSE (T) to continue …
