Rye /rye/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Rye). Name of a grain that is used for bread and also for whiskey.
Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: occupied (adj). held or filled or in use. she keeps her time well occupied; the wc is occupied. occupied (adj). seized and controlled as by military invasion.the occupied countries of Europe. occupied, tenanted (adj).resided in; having tenants.rinceton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: occupied (adj). held or filled or in use. she keeps her time well occupied; the wc is occupied. occupied (adj). seized and controlled as by military invasion.
Word Origin & History. empty O.E. Ã¦mettig at leisure, not occupied, unmarried, from Ã¦metta leisure, from Ã¦ not + -metta, from motan to have (see might). The -p- is a euphonic insertion. Sense evolution from at leisure to empty is paralleled in several languages, cf. The adj. adeios must have been applied first to persons who enjoyed freedom from duties, leisure, and so were unoccupied, whence it was extended to objects that were unoccupied [Buck].