occupy

occupied occupying occupies
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1. be present in; be inside of
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2. keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
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3. live (in a certain place)
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4. occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
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5. be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant"
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6. as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
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7. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
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8. engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
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