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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Room  \Room\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Roomed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Rooming}.] 
  To  occupy  a  room  or  rooms  to  lodge;  as  they  arranged  to 
  room  together. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Room  \Room\,  a.  [AS.  r[=u]m.] 
  Spacious;  roomy.  [Obs.] 
 
  No  roomer  harbour  in  the  place  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Room  \Room\  (r[=oo]m),  n.  [OE.  roum,  rum,  space,  AS  r[=u]m; 
  akin  to  OS.,  OFries  &  Icel.  r[=u]m,  D.  ruim,  G.  raum,  OHG. 
  r[=u]m,  Sw  &  Dan.  rum,  Goth.  r[=u]ms,  and  to  AS  r[=u]m, 
  adj.,  spacious,  D.  ruim,  Icel.  r[=u]mr,  Goth.  r[=u]ms;  and 
  prob.  to  L.  rus  country  (cf.  {Rural}),  Zend  rava[.n]h  wide, 
  free  open  ravan  a  plain.] 
  1.  Unobstructed  spase;  space  which  may  be  occupied  by  or 
  devoted  to  any  object;  compass;  extent  of  place  great  or 
  small  as  there  is  not  room  for  a  house;  the  table  takes 
  up  too  much  room 
 
  Lord,  it  is  done  as  thou  hast  commanded,  and  yet 
  there  is  room  --Luke  xiv. 
  22. 
 
  There  was  no  room  for  them  in  the  inn.  --Luke  ii  7. 
 
  2.  A  particular  portion  of  space  appropriated  for  occupancy; 
  a  place  to  sit  stand  or  lie;  a  seat. 
 
  If  he  have  but  twelve  pence  in  his  purse,  he  will 
  give  it  for  the  best  room  in  a  playhouse. 
  --Overbury. 
 
  When  thou  art  bidden  of  any  man  to  a  wedding,  sit 
  not  down  in  the  highest  room  --Luke  xiv.  8. 
 
  3.  Especially,  space  in  a  building  or  ship  inclosed  or  set 
  apart  by  a  partition;  an  apartment  or  chamber. 
 
  I  found  the  prince  in  the  next  room  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Place  or  position  in  society;  office;  rank;  post  station; 
  also  a  place  or  station  once  belonging  to  or  occupied 
  by  another,  and  vacated.  [Obs.] 
 
  When  he  heard  that  Archelaus  did  reign  in  Judea  in 
  the  room  of  his  father  Herod.  --Matt.  ii 
  22. 
 
  Neither  that  I  look  for  a  higher  room  in  heaven. 
  --Tyndale. 
 
  Let  Bianca  take  her  sister's  room  --Shak. 
 
  5.  Possibility  of  admission;  ability  to  admit  opportunity  to 
  act  fit  occasion;  as  to  leave  room  for  hope. 
 
  There  was  no  prince  in  the  empire  who  had  room  for 
  such  an  alliance.  --Addison. 
 
  {Room  and  space}  (Shipbuilding),  the  distance  from  one  side 
  of  a  rib  to  the  corresponding  side  of  the  next  rib;  space 
  being  the  distance  between  two  ribs,  in  the  clear,  and 
  room  the  width  of  a  rib. 
 
  {To  give  room},  to  withdraw;  to  leave  or  provide  space 
  unoccupied  for  others  to  pass  or  to  be  seated. 
 
  {To  make  room},  to  open  a  space,  way  or  passage;  to  remove 
  obstructions;  to  give  room 
 
  Make  room  and  let  him  stand  before  our  face. 
  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Space;  compass;  scope;  latitude. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  room 
  n  1:  an  area  within  a  building  enclosed  by  walls  and  floor  and 
  ceiling;  "the  rooms  were  very  small  but  they  had  a  nice 
  view" 
  2:  space  for  movement;  "room  to  pass";  "make  way  for":  "hardly 
  enough  elbow  room  to  turn  around"  [syn:  {way},  {elbow  room}] 
  3:  opportunity  for  "room  for  improvement" 
  4:  the  people  who  are  present  in  a  room  "the  whole  room  was 
  cheering" 
  v  :  live  and  take  one's  meals  (in  a  certain  place)  [syn:  {board}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  room 
 
  {channel} 
 
 




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