'Populate' definitions:
Definition of 'populate'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit]
verb
Fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
Definition of 'Populate'
From: GCIDE
- Populate \Pop"u*late\, a. [L. populus people. See People.] Populous. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Populate'
From: GCIDE
- Populate \Pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Populated; p. pr. & vb. n. Populating.] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Populate'
From: GCIDE
- Populate \Pop"u*late\, v. i. To propagate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Great shoals of people which go on to populate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'populate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- nest,
- occupy,
- park,
- people,
- perch,
- plant,
- relocate,
- reside,
- reside in,
- roost,
- set up housekeeping,
- set up shop,
- settle,
- settle down,
- settle in,
- sit down,
- squat,
- stand,
- stay at,
- strike root,
- take residence at,
- take root,
- take up residence