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populate

DEFINITIONS OF: populate

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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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