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Meaning of engaged

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  engaged
      adj 1: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she
             keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities";
             "deeply engaged in conversation" [syn: {engaged},
             {occupied}]
      2: involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged
         ships continued the fight"
      3: reserved in advance [syn: {booked}, {engaged}, {set-
         aside(p)}]
      4: (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); "her
         line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always
         engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy
         signal" [syn: {busy}, {engaged}, {in use(p)}]
      5: (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;
         "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin
         rotors" [syn: {engaged}, {meshed}, {intermeshed}]
      6: having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or
         employed) for the job is sick"
      7: built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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