See Also: Room(medicine)
room(4)(dictionary)
room(3)(dictionary)
leg room(dictionary)
room(2)(dictionary)
bar-room(dictionary)
room(1)(dictionary)
box room(dictionary)
rec room(dictionary)
men's room(dictionary)

room(5) (iou)



room verb2. [ru:m] M16.
[from ROOM noun1.]
verb trans.
a. Install. Scot. rare. M16-M17.
b. Scottish History. Allocate (an area of common pasture) to a tenant farmer on an estate. M17.
Chiefly N. Amer.
a. verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Occupy a room or rooms as a lodger; share a room or rooms with another (foll. by together, with). E19.
T. C. Wolfe I think I shall room alone hereafter. R. Jaffe Go to Harvard..and room together. Philadelphia Inquirer I wouldn't want to room with him.
b. verb trans. Accommodate or lodge (a person) as a guest. Now rare. M19.