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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "busies around",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "busying around",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "busied around",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "busied around",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "busy around (third-person singular simple present busies around, present participle busying around, simple past and past participle busied around)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nShe stayed a long time, way past visiting hours, busying around smoothing the sheets, etc."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities."
],
"id": "en-busy_around-en-verb-~EFJtf2-"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɪzi əˈraʊnd/"
}
],
"word": "busy around"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "busies around",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "busying around",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "busied around",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "busied around",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "busy around (third-person singular simple present busies around, present participle busying around, simple past and past participle busied around)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nShe stayed a long time, way past visiting hours, busying around smoothing the sheets, etc."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɪzi əˈraʊnd/"
}
],
"word": "busy around"
}
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