resemble Definition
re·sem·ble (ri zem′bəl)
transitive verb -·bled, -·bling
- to be like or similar to in appearance or nature
- Archaic to liken or compare
Etymology: ME resemblen < OFr resembler < re-, again + sembler < L simulare: see simulate
resemble Synonyms
resemble
v.
resemble Usage Examples
Object
- breadcrumb: When the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, add the ground cloves.
- crumb: Add the flour, cinnamon and butter, and pulse until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- nothing: Indeed, as Matthew Parris has pointed out, they resemble nothing more than unreconstructed Old Labor of the 1980s.
- marble: All this is carved out of hard rock resembling marble.
- snake: Mythology: Hydra The constellation Hydra resembles a twisting snake, and features as such in some ancient myths.
- lion: The Bovill arms decorate Monyash font, sculpted too with beasts resembling a lion and tiger.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
more: Indeed, as Matthew Parris has pointed out, they resemble nothing more than unreconstructed Old Labor of the 1980s.
Adjective complement
- Spanish: Look out for four women officers quot resembled spanish.
- more: With these Diamonds resembling more the Ratners ' variety than De Beers ' in the first period, more Swansea goals seemed inevitable.
- other: It should be noted that many of these propositions resemble other more mainstream therapy approaches.
- most: In this respect it did not resemble most of the other islands of the Pacific.
Modifying Another Word
- closely: Our branded products are unique: they're very high quality foods, designed to closely resemble meat.
- remotely: Nothing even remotely resembling a masked crusader, then?
- vaguely: I like coffee and tea but I don't want a drink that vaguely resembles both.
- superficially: Although they superficially resemble modern, children's toys they are unlikely to have had this function in antiquity.
- uncannily: At the trial someone uncannily resembling the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle leaps to his feet.
- somewhat: There are churches developing a collegiate style of ministry, resembling somewhat that which the Churches of Christ brought to the URC.
Used with why or when
what: It may not resemble what you had in mind... .
Present participle complement
live: Both are very striking fish, being covered with so many ornate spines they resemble living sculptures.
Preposition: in
appearance: Which animal do you most resemble in both appearance and habit?
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