populate, v.
(populated, populates, populating)
freq. cnt. 7
(populated, populates, populating)
freq. cnt. 7
be an inhabitant of or reside in
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 142 freq. cnt.: 129 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
dwell inhabit live populate
sample sentences
"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"
verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
fill with inhabitants
<verb.change>
populate
sample sentences
"populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form