| inhabit | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. dwell, inhabit, live, populate | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ tenant | occupy as a tenant. |
| ~ neighbor, neighbour | live or be located as a neighbor.; "the neighboring house" |
| ~ lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| ~ domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack | make one's home in a particular place or community.; "may parents reside in Florida" |
| ~ people | furnish with people.; "The plains are sparsely populated" |
| ~ overpopulate | cause to have too great a population.; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" |
| ~ cohabit, live together, shack up | share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple. |
| ~ lodge | be a lodger; stay temporarily.; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" |
| ~ bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent | live in or as if in a tent.; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" |
| ~ nest | inhabit a nest, usually after building.; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ room, board | live and take one's meals at or in.; "she rooms in an old boarding house" |
| v. (stative) | 2. inhabit | be present in.; "sweet memories inhabit this house" |
| ~ infest | live on or in a host, as of parasites. |
| ~ infest, overrun, invade | occupy in large numbers or live on a host.; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 3. dwell, inhabit | exist or be situated within.; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| living | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. life, living | the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities.; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" |
| ~ experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event.; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
| n. (group) | 2. living | people who are still living.; "save your pity for the living" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| n. (state) | 3. aliveness, animation, life, living | the condition of living or the state of being alive.; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" |
| ~ being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| ~ eternal life, life eternal | life without beginning or end. |
| ~ skin | a person's skin regarded as their life.; "he tried to save his skin" |
| ~ survival, endurance | a state of surviving; remaining alive. |
| n. (possession) | 4. bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance | the financial means whereby one lives.; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" |
| ~ resource | available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed. |
| ~ amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts | things that make you comfortable and at ease.; "all the comforts of home" |
| ~ maintenance | means of maintenance of a family or group. |
| ~ meal ticket | a source of income or livelihood. |
| ~ subsistence | minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting.; "social security provided only a bare subsistence" |
| adj. (pertain) | 5. living | pertaining to living persons.; "within living memory" |
| adj. | 6. living | true to life; lifelike.; "the living image of her mother" |
| ~ realistic | aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" |
| adj. | 7. living | (informal) absolute.; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| ~ absolute | perfect or complete or pure.; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol" |
| adj. | 8. living, surviving | still in existence.; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" |
| ~ extant | still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk" |
| adj. | 9. living | still in active use.; "a living language" |
| ~ extant | still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk" |
| adj. | 10. living | (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried.; "carved into the living stone" |
| ~ live | exerting force or containing energy.; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play" |
| reside | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack | make one's home in a particular place or community.; "may parents reside in Florida" |
| ~ rusticate | live in the country and lead a rustic life. |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| v. (stative) | 2. lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| ~ move in | occupy a place.; "The crowds are moving in" |
| ~ stay at | reside temporarily.; "I'm staying at the Hilton" |
| ~ squat | occupy (a dwelling) illegally. |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ crash | occupy, usually uninvited.; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" |
| v. (stative) | 3. repose, reside, rest | be inherent or innate in. |
| ~ inhere in, attach to | be part of.; "This problem inheres in the design" |
| stationary | | |
| adj. | 1. stationary | standing still.; "the car remained stationary with the engine running" |
| ~ nonmoving, unmoving | not in motion. |
| adj. | 2. stationary | not capable of being moved.; "stationary machinery" |
| ~ fixed | securely placed or fastened or set.; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor" |
| cohabit | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. cohabit, live together, shack up | share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple. |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ miscegenate | marry or cohabit with a person of another race. |
| dwell | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. brood, dwell | think moodily or anxiously about something. |
| ~ worry, care | be concerned with.; "I worry about my grades" |
| v. (stative) | 2. consist, dwell, lie, lie in | originate (in).; "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (communication) | 3. dwell, harp | come back to.; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" |
| ~ ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell | to say, state, or perform again.; "She kept reiterating her request" |
| inhabit | | |
| occupy | | |
| v. (social) | 1. busy, occupy | keep busy with.; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" |
| ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
| ~ putter, potter | work lightly.; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" |
| ~ smatter, play around, dabble | work with in an amateurish manner.; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" |
| v. (stative) | 2. fill, occupy | occupy the whole of.; "The liquid fills the container" |
| ~ crowd | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing.; "The students crowded the auditorium" |
| ~ take up | take up time or space.; "take up the slack" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 3. concern, interest, occupy, worry | be on the mind of.; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" |
| v. (competition) | 4. 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" |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ infest, overrun | invade in great numbers.; "the roaches infested our kitchen" |
| v. (possession) | 5. occupy, take, use up | require (time or space).; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ expend, use | use up, consume fully.; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" |
| ~ be | spend or use time.; "I may be an hour" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. absorb, engage, engross, occupy | consume all of one's attention or time.; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" |
| ~ involve | occupy or engage the interest of.; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" |
| ~ consume | engage fully.; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |
| ~ rivet | hold (someone's attention).; "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists" |
| ~ interest | excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of. |
| v. (social) | 7. fill, occupy, take | assume, as of positions or roles.; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" |
| ~ assume, take up, strike, take | occupy or take on.; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| reside | | |
| stay | | |
| n. (act) | 1. stay | continuing or remaining in a place or state.; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ sojourn, visit | a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest). |
| ~ layover, stopover, stop | a brief stay in the course of a journey.; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" |
| n. (state) | 2. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption.; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" |
| ~ inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | the state of being inactive. |
| ~ countercheck | a check that restrains another check. |
| ~ logjam | any stoppage attributable to unusual activity.; "the legislation ran into a logjam" |
| n. (communication) | 3. stay | a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted.; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court" |
| ~ decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order | a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).; "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" |
| ~ stay of execution | an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. stay | a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset). |
| ~ strip, slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. stay | (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ backstay | a stay that supports the back of something. |
| ~ bracing, brace | a structural member used to stiffen a framework. |
| ~ forestay | an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast. |
| v. (change) | 6. remain, rest, stay | stay the same; remain in a certain state.; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" |
| ~ keep out | remain outside. |
| ~ sit tight | maintain the same position; wait it out.; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight" |
| ~ stay together, stick together | be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble.; "The two families stuck together throughout the war" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ stand | remain inactive or immobile.; "standing water" |
| ~ stay fresh, keep | fail to spoil or rot.; "These potatoes keep for a long time" |
| ~ be | to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form.; "let her be" |
| v. (motion) | 7. stay, stay put, stick, stick around | stay put (in a certain place).; "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" |
| ~ stay in place | be stationary. |
| v. (stative) | 8. abide, bide, stay | dwell.; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ visit | stay with as a guest.; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month" |
| ~ outstay, overstay | stay too long.; "overstay or outstay one's welcome" |
| ~ stay on, remain, stay, continue | continue in a place, position, or situation.; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" |
| v. (stative) | 9. continue, remain, stay, stay on | continue in a place, position, or situation.; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ abide, bide, stay | dwell.; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
| ~ hold over | continue a term of office past the normal period of time. |
| v. (motion) | 10. stay | remain behind.; "I had to stay at home and watch the children" |
| v. (change) | 11. delay, detain, stay | stop or halt.; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
| ~ retard, delay, check | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| v. (stative) | 12. persist, remain, stay | stay behind.; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" |
| ~ stick | endure.; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" |
| ~ linger | remain present although waning or gradually dying.; "Her perfume lingered on" |
| v. (stative) | 13. last out, outride, ride out, stay | hang on during a trial of endurance.; "ride out the storm" |
| ~ outstay | surpass in staying power.; "They outstayed their competitors" |
| v. (social) | 14. stay | stop a judicial process.; "The judge stayed the execution order" |
| ~ kibosh, block, halt, stop | stop from happening or developing.; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" |
| v. (contact) | 15. stay | fasten with stays. |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| v. (consumption) | 16. appease, quell, stay | overcome or allay.; "quell my hunger" |
| ~ fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill | fill or meet a want or need. |
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