- inhabit, occupy - be present in; be inside of
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun occupation5, noun occupation4, noun occupancy2
Somebody ----s something
- busy, occupy - keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
--2 is one way to work
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun occupation3
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:Derived forms: noun occupation4, noun occupier1, noun occupant1, noun occupancy1
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:Derived form: noun occupation5
Something ----s something
- concern, interest, occupy, worry - be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun occupation3
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:Derived form: noun occupation5
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:Derived forms: noun occupier2, noun occupation2
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:Derived forms: noun occupation3, noun occupation1
They occupy themselves