Word "ENGAGED" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(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)
Synonyms:
busy, in use
Examples:
receptionists' telephones are always engaged

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
Synonyms:
intermeshed, meshed
Examples:
the gears are engaged

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
Synonyms:
occupied
Examples:
deeply engaged in conversation

Crossword Clues for ENGAGED

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Clue Source Date
Needing to make arrangements for the match? The Times Quick Cryptic 24 Apr 2024
Pledged a green variety of plum in the end (7)
May as well ring off - or ring on (7)
Busy? Need to get high, snorting crack
Hired (employee)
Hired a Ringmaster and got the busy tone
Busy newspaper chief swallows an egg salad
Busy getting united! (7)
Employed to break egg, Dean?
Hired for a forthcoming wedding? (7)
Took on a funny man s line, in need of change (7)
Took on the enemy (7)
Busy (of a phone line) (7)
Not free to wed
Terrible need to hold gag when tied up (7)
Busy The Guardian Quick 14 Feb 2024
Employed faceless men to silence Snowden (7)
Having given a hand was fully occupied (7)
English old people can be reserved
Betrothed and already fighting!
Pledged to be married Mirror Classic 21 Jan 2024
Hired for marriage?
Hired The Guardian Quick 18 Jan 2024
Fighting and not yet married!
Occupied by gang working to block river up (7)
Good time in bowls game promised
In use as promised (7)
Busy nurse having good time with daughter The Guardian Cryptic 31 Oct 2023
Joke in Seinfeld occasionally being used by someone else The Times Cryptic 27 Jul 2023
Busy preparing for wedding The Times Cryptic 21 Jul 2023
Set to wed Thomas Joseph 08 Jun 2023
Promised in marriage The Telegraph Quick 28 Apr 2023
Set to wed Thomas Joseph 18 Feb 2023
What fiancee is tied up? The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Feb 2023
Attentive USA Today 29 Oct 2022
Bound for the altar Wall Street Journal 11 Oct 2022
Joke framed by English chap promised in marriage The Times Cryptic 27 Sep 2022
Affianced The Guardian Speedy 04 Sep 2022
In consequence good time promised
Affianced The Guardian Speedy 03 Apr 2022
Betrothed The Guardian Quick 11 Dec 2021
Aim to keep good time as promised
Planning to marry USA Today 20 Nov 2021
Like many a wedding planner LA Times Daily 18 Nov 2021
Busy, and furious dismissing Republican for good The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Sep 2021
Betrothed Eugene Sheffer 01 Sep 2021
Betrothed The Telegraph Quick 03 Aug 2021
A gent's sign recalling for the most part Degas' Odd Characters of Ganges Irish Times Crosaire 17 Jul 2021
Hired to provide evidence that ladies are being used
In conclusion, good time promised
Desperate need to consume crack, heading for altar
Betrothed Eugene Sheffer 01 Apr 2021
In from France, joke with editor, busy
Busy planning to marry The Sun Two Speed 03 Nov 2020
Occupied The Sun Two Speed 03 Nov 2020
Busy Newsday 17 Oct 2020
Working, as one intended?
. Not ringing with a ring?
Took part of our tongue, in short well past its sell-by date?
English got older and was busy
Busy preparing for match?
Busy wearing a ring?
Tied up -- and about to tie the knot The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jul 2019
Occupied, having good time in consequence The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Jul 2019
Promised to employ Democrat The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jun 2019
English pensioners spoken for? The Telegraph Toughie 23 May 2019
Betrothed The Telegraph Quick 22 Jan 2019
Promised to be busy The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jan 2019
Busy, occupied The Times Concise 29 Aug 2018
Busy with aim to embrace something green?
Planning to wed The Washington Post 08 Aug 2018
Planning to wed LA Times Daily 08 Aug 2018
Hired; busy The Telegraph Quick 25 Jul 2018
Spoken for, in a way The New Yorker 23 Jul 2018
Busy; employed The Telegraph Quick 06 Jun 2018
Occupied The Telegraph Quick 22 Mar 2018
In desperate need, silence promised The Telegraph Toughie 26 Jan 2018
Bethrothed The Telegraph Quick 12 Jan 2018
Busy, // having committed to wedding
Planning to wed
Promised in marriage The Telegraph Quick 28 Nov 2017
Kept busy by one who is altar-bound?
Set to wed Thomas Joseph 07 Oct 2017
This signal leaves you speechless for a time The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Apr 2017
Plighted; hired The Telegraph Quick 20 Mar 2017
Angry on losing Romeo, girl came on board and agreed to marry
Took on mature engineer
Occupied, showing purpose -- good time to get stuck in The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Aug 2016
Tied up or about to tie the knot The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Aug 2016
Sign in bathroom normally has a ring to it Irish Times Crosaire 23 Jul 2016
Busy New York Times 19 Jun 2016
Is occupied, having entered into conflict
Occupied in planning to marry
Hired as worker committed to union The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Apr 2016
Affianced The Sun Two Speed 17 Jan 2016
Hired having accepted proposal The Sun Two Speed 17 Jan 2016
Busy
Cloth stuffed in mouth in desperate need to be tied up The Times Cryptic 18 Jun 2015
No ring -- and due to be married! The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Jun 2015
Busy and need to work in silence? Quite the opposite
Intending to marry with aim to secure good number of years
Hold fast
Busy doing something
Signed up in preparat­ion for match
Committed to complete wearing a glove
Bound to be hitched
Soon to get hooked
Busy
Listening, say
Tied up
Tied up
Having a certain ring?
Like a bride-to-be
Committed to tying the knot
Planning to marry
Headed for matrimony
Fit to be tied?
Betrothed
Pledged in marriage
Earnest
Altar-bound
Betrothed
Affianced
Ringed, as a belle
Busied
Promised.
Busy.
Betrothed.
Began a conflict.
Having a certain ring, say
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