Verb

• S: (v) populate, dwell, live, inhabit (be an inhabitant of or reside in) "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"
• S: (v) populate (fill with inhabitants) "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) fill, fill up, make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense) "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
• S: (v) clutter, clutter up (fill a space in a disorderly way)
• S: (v) clog, overload (fill to excess so that function is impaired) "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
• S: (v) brim (fill as much as possible) "brim a cup to good fellowship"
• S: (v) farce, stuff (fill with a stuffing while cooking) "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
• S: (v) stuff (fill tightly with a material) "stuff a pillow with feathers"
• S: (v) pad, bolster (add padding to) "pad the seat of the chair"
• S: (v) populate (fill with inhabitants) "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
• S: (v) top off (fill to the point of almost overflowing) "She topped off the cup"
• S: (v) heap (fill to overflow) "heap the platter with potatoes"
• S: (v) overfill (fill beyond capacity) "overfill the baskets"
• S: (v) ink (fill with ink) "ink a pen"
• S: (v) replenish, refill, fill again (fill something that had previously been emptied) "refill my glass, please"
• S: (v) prime (fill with priming liquid) "prime a car engine"
• S: (v) line (fill plentifully) "line one's pockets"
• S: (v) complete (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements) "A child would complete the family"
• S: (v) impregnate, saturate (infuse or fill completely) "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
• S: (v) impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture (fill, as with a certain quality) "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
• S: (v) electrify (charge (a conductor) with electricity)
• S: (v) lubricate, lube (apply a lubricant to) "lubricate my car"
• S: (v) surcharge (fill to an excessive degree) "The air was surcharged with tension"
• S: (v) load, lade, laden, load up (fill or place a load on) "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
• S: (v) load, charge (provide (a device) with something necessary) "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
• S: (v) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid) "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
• S: (v) pack (fill to capacity) "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) population [Related to: populate] (the act of populating (causing to live in a place)) "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
• sentence frame