Overview of verb populate

The verb populate has 2 senses

• populate, dwell, live, inhabit -- (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")


• populate -- (fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting")

Overview of adj populated

The adj populated has 1 sense

• populated -- (furnished with inhabitants; "the area is well populated"; "forests populated with all kinds of wild life")