engaged


Meanings

  • carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;
    • "They engaged in a discussion"
  • consume all of one's attention or time;
  • engage or hire for work;
  • ask to represent; of legal counsel;
  • give to in marriage
  • get caught;
    • "make sure the gear is engaged"
  • carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns);
  • hire for work or assistance;
  • engage for service under a term of contract;
  • keep engaged;
    • "engaged the gears"
  • having ones attention or mind or energy engaged;
    • "deeply engaged in conversation"
  • involved in military hostilities;
    • "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
  • reserved in advance
  • (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"
  • (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;
    • "the gears are engaged"
  • having services contracted for;
    • "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
  • built against or attached to a wall;
    • "engaged columns"


Scrabble Score: 10

engaged is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

engaged is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

engaged is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 13

engaged is a valid Words With Friends word