You resemble my Uncle Herman in the way you walk.
•This resembles vanilla ice cream in flavor, but not in consistency.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
resemble */*/ — UK [rɪˈzemb(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms resemble : present tense I/you/we/they resemble he/she/it resembles present participle resembling past tense resembled past participle resembled [never passive] to be similar to someone or… … English dictionary
resemble — re|sem|ble [ rı zembl ] verb transitive ** never passive to be similar to someone or something, especially in appearance: The two species resemble each other. closely/faintly/strongly/vaguely resemble: Soldiers are trained under conditions that… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
resemble — re|sem|ble [rıˈzembəl] v [T not in progressive or passive] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: resembler, from sembler to be like, seem , from Latin similare to copy ] to look like or be similar to someone or something ▪ It s amazing how… … Dictionary of contemporary English
resemble — verb (transitive not in progressive or passive) to look like, or be similar to, someone or something: closely resemble: Mick closely resembled his father … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
resemble — [rɪˈzemb(ə)l] verb [T] to be similar to someone or something The animals make a sound that resembles a cat s miaow.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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put someone in mind of — REMIND OF, recall, conjure up, suggest; RESEMBLE, look like. → mind * * * put someone in mind of phrase to remind someone of someone or something This puts me in mind of a similar situation we had last year. Thesaurus: to cause someone to… … Useful english dictionary
look like — verb bear a physical resemblance to (Freq. 59) She looks like her mother • Hypernyms: ↑resemble • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody Something s somebody … Useful english dictionary
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Representation (arts) — Representation describes the signs that stand in for and take the place of something else.Mitchell, W. 1995, Representation , in F Lentricchia T McLaughlin (eds), Critical Terms for Literary Study , 2nd edn, University of Chicago Press, Chicago]… … Wikipedia
Types of gestures — Gestures are a form of body language or non verbal communication.Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one place to another, most gestures do not have invariable or universal meanings, having specific… … Wikipedia
