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RESEMBLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to

Example:

This paper resembles my own work

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "resemble" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "resemble"):

look like (bear a physical resemblance to)

come to life (be lifelike, as of a painting)

take after (be similar to a relative)

approximate; come close (be close or similar)

imitate (appear like, as in behavior or appearance)

echo; recall (call to mind)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

resemblance (similarity in appearance or external or superficial details)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Having to do with or resembling the bone marrow.

(Myeloid, NCI Dictionary)

Estrogens that are not steroids, but have a structural configuration resembling steroids and may mimic steroidal estrogen effect or bind to estrogen receptors.

(Non-Steroidal Estrogen, NCI Thesaurus)

I had never yet seen a being resembling me or who claimed any intercourse with me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Having to do with, produced by, or resembling the bone marrow.

(Myelogenous, NCI Dictionary)

It is most commonly found in West African countries and causes symptoms of infection resembling those of M. tuberculosis.

(Mycobacterium africanum, NCI Thesaurus)

A device that is made from or resembles a thin flexible sheet of material.

(Membrane Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide resembling the complementary determining region of an antibody and retaining its specificity.

(Miniantibody, NCI Thesaurus)

IL-15 transgenic mouse, CD3+, resembles LGL leukemia.

(Mouse T-NK Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Mit-sah resembled his father, much of whose grey wisdom he possessed.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The asteroid appears to have a structure perhaps resembling a pile of rocks, or a "rubble pile."

(NASA announces latest progress in hunt for asteroids, NASA)