populate

1. Be an inhabitant of or reside in (synset 202655932)
   "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
   is a type of: be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: dwell, inhabit, live
2. Fill with inhabitants (synset 200452234)
   "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
   is a type of: fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense
   subtypes: people - fill with people

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