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1. Be an inhabitant of; spend most of one's life in
   "deer are populating the woods"
   - dwell, live, inhabit
    
2. Fill with inhabitants
   "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
    
3. (computing) put items into a list or database

Derived forms: populating, populates, populated

See also: population

Type of: be, fill, fill up, make full

Encyclopedia: Populate