shack :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (4)

n. small crude shelter used as a dwelling

Verbs (13)

v. move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

reside, domicile, domiciliate

v. make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"

people, live, dwell, reside, inhabit, populate, make one's home

v. inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (17)

sty, pigsty, pigpen

n. a pen for swine

cabin

n. a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area

hole

n. an opening deliberately made in or through something

lean-to

n. rough shelter whose roof has only one slope

shed

n. an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

lodge, hunting lodge

n. a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter

occupy, inhabit

v. be present in; be inside of

tenant

v. occupy as a tenant

staff, provide with staff

v. provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"

stay, quell, appease

v. overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

Synonyms (4)

sleep in, live in

v. live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her"

live out, sleep out

v. work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home"

Antonyms (0)

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