Busy and Consume

Busy

Busy verb - To hold the attention of.

Consume and busy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Consume" instead a verb "Busy".

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Consume

Consume verb - To destroy all trace of.

Busy and consume are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead a verb "Consume".

Common collocations

people busy people consume people
time busy time consume time
eggs busy eggs consume eggs

Both words in one sentence

  • The Pirates of Dark Water: While Ren and his crew are traveling to find the thirteen treasures of Rule to destroy the Dark Water, dealing with Bloth and his crew wanting the treasure to control it, they are too busy to deal with The Dark Dweller that created the dark water to consume their world.
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