occupied (verb)
1dislodge — [c]/dɪsˈlɒdʒ / (say dis loj) verb (dislodged, dislodging) –verb (t) 1. to remove or drive from a place of rest or lodgement; drive from a position occupied. –verb (i) 2. to go from a place of lodgement. –dislodgement, noun …
2V2 word order — Verb second (V2) word order, in syntax, is the rule in some languages that the second constituent of declarative main clauses is always a verb, while this is not necessarily the case in other types of clauses. V2 effect The V2 effect is clearly… …
3occupy — verb (T) 1 STAY IN A PLACE formal to live or stay in a place: The Jackson family have occupied this apartment for the past six months. 2 be occupied if a room, seat, or bed is occupied, someone is in it or using it 3 SEIZE AND CONTROL to enter a… …
4use up — verb 1. use up (resources or materials) (Freq. 3) this car consumes a lot of gas We exhausted our savings They run through 20 bottles of wine a week • Syn: ↑consume, ↑eat up, ↑eat, ↑ …
5occupy — verb 1) Carol occupied the basement apartment Syn: live in, inhabit, be the tenant of, lodge in; move into, take up residence in, make one s home in; people, populate, settle; formal reside in, dwell in 2) two windows occupied almost the whole of …
6dislodge — verb Etymology: Middle English disloggen, from Anglo French *desloger, from des dis + loger to find lodging for, encamp, from loge shelter more at lodge Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to drive from a position of hiding …
7use — verb (used, using) –verb (t) /juz / (say yoohz) 1. to employ for some purpose; put into service; turn to account: use a knife to cut; use a new method. 2. to avail oneself of; apply to one s own purposes: use the front room for a conference. 3.… …
8occupy — verb 1) Carol occupied the basement flat Syn: live in, inhabit, lodge in, move into, people, populate, settle 2) he occupies a post at the Treasury Syn: hold, fill, have; informal hold down …
9withdraw — verb ADVERB ▪ altogether, completely ▪ immediately, instantly ▪ abruptly, hastily, promptly, quickly, soon …
10engage — verb /ɪnˈɡeɪʤ/ a) To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied. Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out. b) To draw into conversation. They were engaged last month! Theyre planning to have the wedding next year …
