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| 1. | [ verb ] (housing) make one's home or live in | |
| Synonyms: | live reside dwell inhabit domicile domiciliate people shack | |
| Examples: | "There are only 250,000 people in Iceland" "I live in a 200-year old house" "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted" "The plains are sparsely populated" |
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| Related terms: | be camp occupy lodge board cohabit overpopulate neighbor rusticate live_in live_out people dwelling population resident inhabitant hovel residency inhabitancy liver | |
| 2. | [ verb ] fill with people or supply with inhabitants | |
| Synonyms: | people | |
| Examples: | "people a room" "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country" |
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| Related terms: | fill people population | |
| Similar spelling: |
populated population populating Poppleton |
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