Synonyms of the word shack


SHACKDOMICILE - DOMICILIATE - DWELL - GO - HOVEL - HUT - HUTCH - INHABIT - LIVE - LOCOMOTE - MOVE - RESIDE - SHANTY - SHELTER - TRAIL - TRAVEL

shack

  • n. A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
  • n. Any unpleasant, poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
  • v. To live (in or with); to shack up.
  • n. (obsolete) Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest.
  • n. (obsolete) Nuts which have fallen to the ground.
  • n. (obsolete) Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.
  • n. (Britain, US, dialect, obsolete) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
  • v. (obsolete) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
  • v. (obsolete) To feed in stubble, or upon waste.
  • v. (Britain, dialect) To wander as a vagabond or tramp.

domicile

  • n. (formal) A home or residence.
  • n. (law) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited…
  • v. To have a domicile in a particular place.

domiciliate

  • v. (intransitive) To establish a permanent residence.
  • v. (transitive) To establish a permanent residence for (someone).
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To settle (oneself) into a mode of thinking or the like.

dwell

  • n. (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
  • n. (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
  • n. (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
  • n. (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow…
  • v. (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
  • v. (intransitive) To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
  • v. (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
  • v. (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.

go

  • v. To move.
  • v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  • v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
  • v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
  • v. (intransitive) To attend.
  • v. To proceed.
  • v. To follow or travel along (a path).
  • v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  • v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  • v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
  • v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  • v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  • v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  • v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
  • v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
  • v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  • v. To pass, to be used up.
  • v. (intransitive) To die.
  • v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
  • v. To break down or apart.
  • v. (intransitive) To be sold.
  • v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
  • v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
  • v. To say (something), to make a sound.
  • v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  • v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
  • v. To apply or subject oneself to.
  • v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
  • v. (intransitive) To date.
  • v. To attack.
  • v. To be in general; to be usually.
  • v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  • v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
  • n. (uncommon) The act of going.
  • n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
  • n. An attempt, a try.
  • n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
  • n. An act; the working or operation.
  • n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
  • n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
  • n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
  • n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
  • n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
  • n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
  • n. A period of activity.
  • n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
  • n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

hovel

  • n. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
  • n. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
  • n. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
  • v. (transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.

hut

  • n. a small wooden shed.
  • n. a primitive dwelling.
  • v. (rare, archaic, transitive) To put into a hut.
  • v. (rare, dated, intransitive) To take shelter in a hut.
  • interj. (American football) Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

hutch

  • n. A cage in which a rabbit or rabbits are kept.
  • n. A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
  • n. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
  • n. (mining) The case of a flour bolt.
  • n. (mining) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
  • n. (mining) A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
  • v. (transitive) To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
  • v. (mining, transitive) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

inhabit

  • v. (transitive) To live or reside in.
  • v. (transitive) To be present in; to occupy.

live

  • v. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
  • v. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  • v. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  • v. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
  • v. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  • v. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  • v. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  • v. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself;…
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full rich life.
  • adj. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  • adj. Being in existence; actual.
  • adj. Having active properties; being energized.
  • adj. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
  • adj. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
  • adj. (sports) Still in active play.
  • adj. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
  • adj. Of a performance or speech, in person.
  • adj. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
  • adj. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
  • adj. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution…
  • adj. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
  • adj. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  • adj. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  • adj. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
  • adj. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  • adv. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  • adv. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

locomote

  • v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

reside

  • v. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long…
  • v. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
  • v. To sink; to settle, as sediment.

shanty

  • n. A roughly-built hut or cabin.
  • n. A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
  • n. (Australia, New Zealand) An unlicensed pub.
  • adj. (US, pejorative) Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.
  • v. To inhabit a shanty.
  • n. A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work.
  • adj. Jaunty; showy.

shelter

  • n. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
  • n. An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.
  • v. (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
  • v. (intransitive) To take cover.

trail

  • v. (transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
  • v. (transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.
  • v. (transitive) To leave (a trail of).
  • v. (transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report…
  • v. To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
  • v. (military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the…
  • v. To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
  • v. (dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
  • n. The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints…
  • n. A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders,…
  • n. A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
  • n. (graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

travel

  • v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
  • v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
  • v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  • v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
  • v. (transitive) To force to journey.
  • v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
  • n. The act of traveling.
  • n. pl A series of journeys.
  • n. pl An account of one's travels.
  • n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
  • n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
  • n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

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