Definition of populate Populate

/pɑˈpjʌlejˌt/ - [papyuleyt] - pop•u•late

We found 12 definitions of populate from 5 different sources.

What does populate mean?

WordNet

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

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Wiktionary

populate (Verb)
To supply with inhabitants; to people.
populate (Verb)
To live in; to inhabit.
populate (Verb)
To fill initially empty items in a collection.
populate (Adjective)
populous.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

populate (a.)
Populous.
populate (v. t.)
To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
populate (v. i.)
To propagate.