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| Main Entry: |
inhabit
[in-hab-it]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take up residence in |
| Synonyms: | abide, crash, dwell, indwell, live, locate, lodge, make one's home, occupy, park, people, perch, populate, possess, reside, roost, settle, squat, stay, tenant |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave, move, vacate |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reside; use |
| Synonyms: | be established, be in command, be in residence, cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, fill, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, live in, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize |
| Antonyms: | not use |
| Main Entry: | populous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | packed with inhabitants |
| Synonyms: | crawling, crowded, dense, heavily populated, jammed, legion, many, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, occupied, overpopulated, peopled, populated, settled, several, swarming, teeming, thick, thronged, various, voluminous |
| Antonyms: | deserted |
| Main Entry: | reside |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live or exist in |
| Synonyms: | abide, be intrinsic to, be vested, bide, consist, continue, crash*, dig*, dwell, endure, hang one's hat, inhabit, inhere, lie, locate, lodge, nest, occupy, park*, people, perch, populate, remain, rest with, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, take up residence, tenant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | colonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle |
| Synonyms: | conquer, found, immigrate, migrate, people, pioneer, transplant |
| Main Entry: | inhabited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | occupied |
| Synonyms: | colonized, developed, lived in, owned, peopled, pioneered, populated, populous, possessed, rented, settled, tenanted |
| Main Entry: | populate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | supply with inhabitants |
| Synonyms: | colonize, inhabit, live, occupy, people, settle |
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