Synonyms:
busy, occupy
Meaning: keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
Synonyms:
occupy, reside, lodge_in
Meaning: live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
Synonyms:
occupy, fill
Meaning: occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
Synonyms:
concern, interest, occupy, worry
Meaning: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
Synonyms:
invade, occupy
Meaning: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
Synonyms:
take, occupy, use_up
Meaning: require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
Synonyms:
absorb, engross, engage, occupy
Meaning: consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
Usage examples
I hope not to occupy more than a few minutes
If you want to be up and doing we'll find something else to occupy your mind."
The four boxes had been taken. Dr. Norman McNeill Hale and his wife were to occupy one.
I want something to occupy myself--something really difficult, so that I may test my own powers."
The question which must next occupy us is this: How is it possible that there should be such knowledge?
It was a barren spot and the cabin on it was a rude and primitive sort of home for a carpenter and joiner to occupy.
I cannot but feel that I shall occupy an invidious position in, at any rate, Miss Brodie's eyes until I have explained."
We must here endeavor to explain the genius of this party, and of its leaders, who henceforth occupy the scene of action.
Was there nothing she could find to do which would offer some other subject to occupy her mind than herself and her future?
It was no business of mine, to be sure, but with none the less pertinacity did I occupy myself in attempts to resolve the enigma.