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resemble::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tally, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, agree |
| Has types | take after, approximate, imitate, come close, come to life, recall, echo, look like |
| Derivation | resemblance |
She resembles her mother very much.
This paper resembles my own work.
Examples of resemble
resemble
These attaching fronds start out green but soon dry to resemble parchment paper.
From the dailyherald.com
Then, using a butter knife, make indents in several places to resemble a finger.
From the kentucky.com
Although plantains may resemble bananas, they taste and cook more like potatoes.
From the courier-journal.com
The results are unearthly pictures that resemble worn oil paintings or etchings.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The campaign for mayor of San Francisco is beginning to resemble a bicycle race.
From the sfgate.com
The diffraction patterns resemble water waves coming through slits in a barrier.
From the sciencedaily.com
Baylor is beginning to resemble a team that doesn't know how to close out games.
From the kansas.com
Cantonese cuisine was said to resemble a prince-refined, romantic, and carefree.
From the theepochtimes.com
They resemble the old Marxists, who refused to look around at actual experience.
From the time.com
- Appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"
- (resemblance) similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar; To compare; to regard as similar, to liken
- (resemblance) The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity; That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness; A comparison; a simile; Probability; verisimilitude
- (resembling) The action of the verb to resemble
- (Resemblance) Theory. Renaissance idea of equivalences, eg between sea and land creatures, hence bishopfish, monkfish, sea-horses.
- (resemblance) Similarity. One of Hume's 3 laws of association.
