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DEFINITIONS OF:
populate
1
v
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
“deer are
populating
the woods”
Synonyms:
dwell
,
inhabit
,
live
Types:
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tenant
occupy as a tenant
neighbor
,
neighbour
live or be located as a neighbor
lodge in
,
occupy
,
reside
live (in a certain place)
domicile
,
domiciliate
,
reside
,
shack
make one's home in a particular place or community
people
furnish with people
overpopulate
cause to have too great a population
cohabit
,
live together
,
shack up
share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
lodge
be a lodger; stay temporarily
bivouac
,
camp
,
camp out
,
encamp
,
tent
live in or as if in a tent
nest
inhabit a nest, usually after building
board
,
room
live and take one's meals at or in
move in
occupy a place
rusticate
live in the country and lead a rustic life
stay at
reside temporarily
squat
occupy (a dwelling) illegally
sleep over
,
stay over
stay overnight
crash
occupy, usually uninvited
miscegenate
marry or cohabit with a person of another race
Type of:
be
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
v
fill with inhabitants
“
populate
the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting”
Types:
people
fill with people
Type of:
fill
,
fill up
,
make full
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
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