room
/ɹum/ verb B1- To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant. · Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
- To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
He/she/it rooms · Past roomed · Past participle roomed · -ing form rooming
Verb forms
- Base form
- room
- He/she/it
- rooms
- Past
- roomed
- Past participle
- roomed
- -ing form
- rooming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Anne go to your room and stay there until I come up,” said Marilla, recovering her powers of speech with difficulty.
Caderousse approached him just as Danglars, whom Fernand seemed most anxious to avoid, had joined him in a corner of the room.
“Now, would anybody think that this room contained a happy, merry party, who desire nothing better than to laugh and dance the hours away?”
“Yes, he likes to keep himself shut up in his little room.”
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