OCCUPYING

Keep busy with

Example: "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

• busy  9

• work  11

• potter  8
• putter  8
• dabble  11
• play around
• • smatter  9
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Live (in a certain place)

Example: "She resides in princeton"

• lodge in
• reside  7

• dwell  9
• inhabit  12
• live  7
• populate  12

• move in
• stay at
• squat  14
• crash  10

Occupy the whole of

Example: "The liquid fills the container"

• fill  7

• be  4

• crowd  11

Be on the mind of

Example: "I worry about the second germanic consonant shift"

• concern  11
• interest  8
• worry  11

March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

Example: "Hitler invaded poland on september 1, 1939"

• invade  10

• assail  6
• attack  12

• infest  9
• overrun  10

Require (time or space)

Example: "It took three hours to get to work this morning"

• take  8
• use up

• expend  16
• use  3

• be  4

Consume all of one's attention or time

Example: "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

• absorb  10
• engage  8
• engross  8

• interest  8

• involve  13
• consume  11
• rivet  8

Assume, as of positions or roles

Example: "She took the job as director of development"

• fill  7
• take  8