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populate - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "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" |
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dwell,
live,
inhabit |
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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live in,
sleep in live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her"
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live out,
sleep out work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home"
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tenant occupy as a tenant
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neighbor,
neighbour be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India"
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lodge in,
occupy,
reside live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
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domicile,
domiciliate,
reside,
shack make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"
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people fill with people; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"
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overpopulate cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated"
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cohabit,
live together,
shack up share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
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lodge put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
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bivouac,
camp,
camp out,
encamp,
tent give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
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nest gather nests
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board,
room provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"
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populate - fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting" |
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fill,
fill up,
make full plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
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people fill with people; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"
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