Definitions for engaged

(carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion")

(consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely")

(engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?")

(ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer")

(give to in marriage)

(get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged")

(carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe")

(hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support")

(engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?")

(keep engaged; "engaged the gears")

(having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "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); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal")

((used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors")

(having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick")

(built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns")