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Verb occupy has 8 senses
- inhabit, occupy - be present in; be inside of
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- busy, occupy - keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
--2 is one way to work
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- occupy, reside, lodge in - live (in a certain place)
--3 is one way to dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- occupy, fill - occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
--4 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- concern, interest, occupy, worry - be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant"
Sample sentence:
The bad news will occupy him
- take, occupy, use up - as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
--6 is one way to use, expend
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- invade, occupy - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
--7 is one way to attack, assail
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- absorb, engross, engage, occupy - engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
--8 is one way to interest
Sample sentence:
They occupy themselves
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