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occupy
has definitions from the fields of military,work,housing
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[ verb ] be present in; be inside of
Synonyms Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)It is not material and is not a `` thing '' occupying space and time . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)We know that the number of radio and television impulses , sound_waves , ultra-violet rays , etc. , that may occupy the very same space , each solitary upon its own frequency , is infinite . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The only effect of lack of a center would then be to release the hydrogen_atoms to occupy general , rather_than special , positions along the [ 111 ] axis . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)The new interchange among the four Los_Angeles freeways , including the grade-constructed accesses , occupies by itself no less than eighty acres of downtown land , one-eighth of a square_mile , an area about the size of Rockefeller_Center in New_York . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)In the comedy of indefinite reference , it wit occupies a prominent place because of its frequent occurrence . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (work) keep busy with
Synonyms Examples "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" Used in print (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)When everything had been done , Rector went_back to his desk to occupy himself with his monthly report until three o'clock . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He would remain in the tent , waiting impatiently , occupied by some trivial task . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (housing) live (in a certain place)
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Half a mile below at the mouth of Salyer_'s_Canyon was an old ranch that the company had purchased from A._J._Armstrong , occupied by a Mexican , his wife , and an old trapper . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)A_couple_of years back , I occupied a Village apartment whose outer staircase contained the type of niche called a `` coffin turn '' . |
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[ verb ] occupy the whole of
Synonyms Examples "The liquid fills the container" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)Out of long experience I have found that incidental figures and other objects like trees , logs , and bushes can be traced from the original sketch and moved about in the major areas on the final sheet until they occupy the right position , which I call ' clicking ' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be on the mind of
Examples "I worry about the second Germanic consonant" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)After this holocaust , a changing world occupied the minds of men ; a world beset with new boundaries , new treaties and governments , new goals and methods , and the age-old fears of aggression and subjugation - hunger and exposure . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (military) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
Synonyms Examples "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)`` As you know , General_McClellan has been occupying Beverly . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Bonner explained that , with the nightclub 's cooperation , the police had occupied El_Dorado like a battlefield . |
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[ verb ] engage or engross wholly
Examples "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" Used in print (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)Because his mind had been otherwise occupied for the past couple of hours , he did not think to look and see if Jerry_Burton 's car was still there . Related terms interest involve rivet consume preoccupation occupation intentness |
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