engaged
adjective
1 engaged
Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged:
— Deeply engaged in conversation.
synonym: occupied.
Roget 903: married etc. v.; one, one bone and one flesh. marriageable, nubile. engaged, betrothed, affianced. matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, ... show more
2 engaged
Involved in military hostilities.
3 engaged
4 engaged
of facilities such as telephones or lavatories Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line):
— Receptionists' telephones are always engaged.
5 engaged
used of toothed parts or gears Interlocked and interacting:
— The gears are engaged.
synonyms: intermeshed, meshed.
6 engaged
Having services contracted for.
7 engaged
Built against or attached to a wall.
Moby thesaurus: absorbed, absorbed in, accessory, affianced, agreed, armed, arranged, arrayed, assured, at it, at work, battled, betrothed, bound, buried in, busy, caught up in, committed, compacted, compromised ... show more.
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