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Displace| Verb | 1. | displace - take the place ofmove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | | | 2. | displace - force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" transplant, transfer - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" crowd out - press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers" evacuate - move people from their homes or country | | | 3. | displace - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"place - assign to (a job or a home) | | | 4. | displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"relocate - move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high" dislocate, luxate, splay, slip - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" translate - change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation funnel - move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle" draw, pull, force - cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" tug - move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud" disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" propel, impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" set in motion, launch - get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" wrap, twine, wind, roll - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool" wedge, squeeze, force - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" work - move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck" disgorge, shed, spill - cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" slop, spill, splatter - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" unseat - dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell" work - move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension" | | | 5. | displace - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"throw - cause to fall off; "The horse threw its unexperienced rider" | | | 6. | displace - put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"resettle - settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle" | |
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