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# resemble

verb (resemble, resembles, resembled, resembling)

«resemble» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To resemble someone or something means to look like them or be similar to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science: a stick insect resembles a twig (camouflage). In family life: a child resembles a parent. In maths: shapes that resemble each other may be similar. Phrases: closely resemble, bear a resemblance to.

### Examples

- She resembles her mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x1)
- The cloud resembled a dragon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x2)
- A stick insect resembles a twig, which helps it hide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x3)
- The two brothers closely resemble each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x4)
- The cake resembled a castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x5)
- This rock resembles a face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x6)
- The pages resembled the ugliest sweeps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/#x7)

### Note

No "to" after it: "He resembles his dad", not "resembles to". Not used in the -ing form for looks: say "she resembles", not "she is resembling". Noun: resemblance.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, the three mother letters are likened to a balance with good in one pan and evil in the other. In the primary lessons: In science: a stick insect resembles a twig (camouflage). In family life: a child resembles a parent. In maths: shapes that resemble each other may be similar. Phrases: closely resemble, bear a resemblance to.

### Examples

- The three mother letters A, M, SH are the foundations of the whole; and resemble a Balance, the good in one scale, the evil in the other, and the oscillating tongue of the Balance between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resemble/#x1)

### Note

No "to" after it: "He resembles his dad", not "resembles to". Not used in the -ing form for looks: say "she resembles", not "she is resembling". Noun: resemblance.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «resemble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«resemble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/resemble.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «resemble» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resemble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«resemble» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/resemble.html) on Mova free.