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room

1. room \'ru:m, 'ru.m\ n [ME, fr. OE ru-m; akin to OHG ru-m room, L rur-, 
   rus] open land 1a: unoccupied area : SPACE  1b: sufficient unoccupied space 
   {~ to swing a cat}  2: a delimited space : COMPASS  obs  3a: a place or 
   station assigned or in a hierarchy : POST  3b: a place or station formerly 
   occupied by another  4a: a partitioned part of the inside of a building; 
   esp : such a pa rt used as a lodging 4b: the people in a room  5: 
   OPPORTUNITY, CAPACITY 
2. room vi : to occupy a room to accommodate with lodgings