Populate
11populate — verb /ˈpɒp.jə.leɪt,ˈpɒp.ju.leɪt/ a) To supply with inhabitants; to people. John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate. b) To live in; to inhabit …
12populate — verb Populate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑neighbourhood, ↑region, ↑world …
13populate — pop|u|late [ papjə,leıt ] verb transitive if a group of people or animals populate an area, they live there: North America was once widely populated by Native American tribes …
14populate — verb 1) the town is populated by 40,000 people Syn: inhabit, occupy, people; live in, reside in 2) an attempt to populate the island Syn: settle, colonize, people, occupy, move into, make one s home in …
15populate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Medieval Latin populatus, past participle of populare to people, from Latin populus people Date: 1578 1. to have a place in ; occupy, inhabit 2. a. to furnish or provide with inhabitants ; people …
16populate — /pop yeuh layt /, v.t., populated, populating. 1. to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of. 2. to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. [1570 80; < ML populatus, ptp. of populare to inhabit. See PEOPLE, ATE1] * * * …
17populate — Synonyms and related words: anchor, billet at, bivouac, burrow, camp, colonize, come to anchor, denizen, domesticate, drop anchor, dwell in, empeople, ensconce, establish residence, hive, inhabit, keep house, live at, live in, locate, moor, move …
18populate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To live in (a place), as does a people: inhabit, occupy, people. See PLACE …
19populate — pop|u|late [ˈpɔpjuleıt US ˈpa: ] v [T usually passive] if an area is populated by a particular group of people, they live there ▪ The highlands are populated mainly by peasant farmers. densely/heavily/highly/thickly populated (=with a lot of… …
20populate — pop·u·late || pÉ‘pjÉ™leɪt /‚pÉ’pjÊŠ v. inhabit, reside in; settle, establish a home …
