What is the meaning of engaged?

verb

• Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.
  • usage: "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
  • synonyms: prosecute, engage, pursue
• Consume all of one's attention or time.
  • usage: "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
  • synonyms: absorb, engross, engage, occupy
• Engage or hire for work.
  • usage: "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed"
  • synonyms: hire, engage, employ
• Ask to represent; of legal counsel.
  • usage: "I'm retaining a lawyer"
  • synonyms: engage
• Give to in marriage.
  • synonyms: betroth, engage, affiance, plight
• Get caught.
  • usage: "make sure the gear is engaged"
  • synonyms: engage
• Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns. )
  • usage: "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
  • synonyms: engage, wage
• Hire for work or assistance.
  • usage: "engage aid, help, services, or support"
  • synonyms: engage, enlist
• Engage for service under a term of contract.
  • usage: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome"
  • synonyms: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
• Keep engaged.
  • usage: "engaged the gears"
  • synonyms: engage, mesh, lock, operate

adjective

• Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
  • usage: "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
  • synonyms: occupied
• Involved in military hostilities.
  • usage: "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
• Reserved in advance.
  • synonyms: booked, set-aside
• 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))
  • usage: "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
  • synonyms: busy, in use
• Used of toothed parts or gears. ( interlocked and interacting)
  • usage: "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
  • synonyms: meshed, intermeshed
• Having services contracted for.
  • usage: "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
• Built against or attached to a wall.
  • usage: "engaged columns"