KEEP YOURSELF BUSY

Meaning of KEEP YOURSELF BUSY in English

to find enough things to do :

Since she retired she's kept herself very busy.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

YOURSELF — mismo
English-Visayan vocabulary
YOURSELF — pronoun Date: 14th century 1. that identical one that is you, your normal, healthy, or sane condition or self , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KEEP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUSY — I. ˈbizē, -zi adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English bisy, from Old English bisig; akin to Middle Dutch & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YOURSELF — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ pronoun Etymology: Middle English, fr your (II) + self, n. 1. a. : that identical one that is you …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YOURSELF — (pron.) An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with …
Английский словарь Webster
BUSY — (v. t.) To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's …
Английский словарь Webster
BUSY — (a.) Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street.
Английский словарь Webster
YOURSELF — ( pron. ) An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUSY — ( v. t. ) To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YOURSELF — /yoor self", yawr-, yohr-, yeuhr-/ , pron., pl. yourselves /-selvz"/ . 1. (an emphatic appositive of you or ye ): …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUSY — /biz"ee/ , adj., busier, busiest , v. , busied, busying . adj. 1. actively and attentively engaged in work or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YOURSELF — n. your own person; by your own person; to your own person; from your own person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUSY — I. ˈbi-zē adjective ( busi·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English bisy, from Old English bisig; akin to Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YOURSELF — -ˈsef pronoun Date: 14th century 1. a. : that identical one that is you — used reflexively you might hurt …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YOURSELF — pron an emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; used as a subject commonly with …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
BUSY — adj careful; anxious. 2. busy ·adj officious; meddling; foolish active. 3. busy ·adj constantly at work; diligent; active. 4. busy …
Webster English vocab
YOURSELF — ■ pronoun [ second person singular ] ( plural yourselves ) 1》 used as the object of a verb or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUSY — [busy] adj busi.er ; -est [ME bisy, fr. OE bisig; akin to MD & MLG besich busy] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
YOURSELF — / jɔːˈself; weak form jə-; NAmE jər-; jɔːr-; jʊr-/ ( pl. your·selves / -ˈselvz; NAmE /) pronoun 1. (the reflexive …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUSY — / ˈbɪzi; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( busier , busi·est ) DOING STH 1. busy (with sth/sb) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOURSELF — your ‧ self S1 W2 /jɔːˈself $ jɔːr-/ BrE AmE pronoun [reflexive form of ‘you’] ( plural yourselves /-ˈselvz/) 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUSY — I. bus ‧ y 1 S1 W2 /ˈbɪzi/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative busier , superlative busiest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YOURSELF — pron. (pl. yourselves) 1 a emphat. form of YOU. b refl. form of YOU. 2 in your normal state of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEEP
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUSY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (busier, busiest) 1 (often foll. by in, with, at, or pres. part.) occupied or engaged …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
YOURSELF — pron. (pl. yourselves) 1 a emphat. form of YOU. b refl. form of YOU. 2 in your normal state of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEEP
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUSY — adj., v., & n. adj. (busier, busiest) 1 (often foll. by in, with, at, or pres. part.) occupied or engaged …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
YOURSELF — pron. (pl. yourselves) 1. a emphat. form of YOU. b refl. form of YOU. 2 in your normal state of …
Oxford English vocab
KEEP
Oxford English vocab
BUSY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (busier, busiest) 1. (often foll. by in, with, at, or pres. part.) occupied or engaged …
Oxford English vocab
YOURSELF — ( yourselves) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: 'Yourself' is the second …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUSY — ( busier, busiest, busies, busying, busied) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOURSELF — (yourselves) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: 'Yourself' is the second person …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
YOURSELF
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUSY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a busy port ▪ Hong Kong is one of the world’s busiest ports. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOURSELF — [pronoun]Yourself is used when both the subject and object of the verb are you.Be careful with that knife or you'll …
Cambridge English vocab
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
KEEP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUSY — As busy is the devil in a high wind; as busy as a hen with one chick.
Slang English vocab
YOURSELF — • ↑ be/feel yourself again • ↑ on your own/by yourself
Longman Activator English vocab
YOURSELF — INDEX: 1. when you do something yourself 2. when you meet or talk to someone directly 3. something that you …
Longman Activator English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
BUSY — See ↑ BUSY/NOT BUSY 1,2,4,5, ↑ TELEPHONE 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be busy • ↑ be not busy
Longman Activator English vocab
KEEP
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUSY — adj. 25B6; adjective they are busy raising money : OCCUPIED (IN), engaged in, involved in, employed in, working at, hard …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BUSY — adj. 1 occupied, engaged, employed, involved I can't talk to you now, I'm busy 2 working, industrious, active, diligent; bustling, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BUSY — adjective BAD : I was busy with cooking the dinner. GOOD : I was busy cooking the dinner. ◆◆◆ be …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
YOURSELF — мест. 1) возвр. себя; -ся, -сь; себе how's yourself? сл. ≈ как вы поживаете? Syn : oneself 2) усил. сам, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEEP — 1. гл. 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. ≈ Можете держать эту книгу месяц. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUSY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
YOURSELF — yourself.ogg jəʹself pron А refl 1> себя, себе, собой, -сь, -ся ( о 2-м л. ед. ч. ) have you …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KEEP — keep.ogg 1. ki:p n разг. 1. прокорм, питание, содержание ten francs a day and keep - десять франков в день …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUSY — busy.ogg 1. ʹbızı a 1. обыкн. predic 1> занятой, несвободный busy signal - сигнал занято ( по телефону ) to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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