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# resemble

«resemble» in Mova's school dictionary: **to look like them or be similar to them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (resemble, resembles, resembled, resembling)

### meaning for a pupil

To resemble someone or something means to look like them or be similar to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science: a stick insect resembles a twig (camouflage). In family life: a child resembles a parent. In maths: shapes that resemble each other may be similar. Phrases: closely resemble, bear a resemblance to.

### examples

- She resembles her mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x1)
- The cloud resembled a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x2)
- A stick insect resembles a twig, which helps it hide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x3)
- The two brothers closely resemble each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x4)
- The cake resembled a castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x5)
- This rock resembles a face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x6)
- The pages resembled the ugliest sweeps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x7)

### note

No "to" after it: "He resembles his dad", not "resembles to". Not used in the -ing form for looks: say "she resembles", not "she is resembling". Noun: resemblance.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «resemble» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.