sleep 'be able to accommodate for sleeping' admit 'have room for; hold without crowding' hold 'be capable of holding or containing' contain 'be capable of holding or containing' seat 'be able to seat' hold 'have room for; hold without crowding' take 'be capable of holding or containing' accommodate 'have room for; hold without crowding'
fit seat sleep feed take contain reseat carry serve store house hold
hold 'COD: contain or be capable of containing.' house 'COD: enclose or encase.' store 'FN: To host contents. A container that is non-agentively hosting some contents is said to store said contents.' contain 'COD: have or hold within. '
NP (Agent) V () NP (Value) PP.location[in] (Location)
Examples from WordNet
This tent sleeps six people The theater admits 300 people The theater seats 2,000 The flask holds one gallon This box won't take all the items The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
Examples from VerbNet
We sleep five people in each room. Each room sleeps five people.
Examples from SemCor
By counting the number of stalls and urinals I attempted to form a loose estimate of how many men the hall would hold at_one_time. Robert_Lovelace and Cedric_Burgher_Jr. seated guests. There are houseboats which are literally homes afloat, accommodating whole families in comfort and convenience. The size of the press is usually expressed in_terms_of chuck capacity( the maximum diameter tool shank it will hold) or distance between the spindle center and the column. Lee_Jackson and Ken_Smith, both of Houston, and Alfred_Neumann of Beaumont seated guests. In_the_past an orthodontist might have tried, over four or five years, to straighten and fit the boy 's large teeth into a jaw that, despite some growth, would never accommodate them. There is no registration fee but there will be a charge of$ 2.50 for the luncheon to be held in the library and fine_arts building. Subsequent assemblies will be held at Stranahan High_School Tuesday, at Pompano_Beach_High_Wednesday, and at Fort_Lauderdale high Thursday.