(v) inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of, See Also: live in, live out, Syn. dwell, live, inhabit, Example: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

populate

(v) fill with inhabitants, Example:populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting

underpopulated

(adj) having a lower population density than normal or desirable, Example:the richly endowed but underpopulated Ivory Coast

unpeopled

(adj) with no people living there, Syn. unpopulated, Example:vast unpopulated plains

urban area

(n) a geographical area constituting a city or town, Syn. populated area, Ant. rural area

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Depopulate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depopulated p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating ] [ L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. dépeupler. See People. ] To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where is this viper,
That would depopulate the city? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Depopulate

v. i. To become dispeopled. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Populate

a. [ L. populus people. See People. ] Populous. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Populate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Populated p. pr. & vb. n. Populating. ] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people. [ 1913 Webster ]

Populate

v. i. To propagate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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北领地

[北领地 / 北領地, Běi lǐng dì] Northern Territory, sparsely populated federal territory extending from center to north of Australia

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無人島

[むじんとう, mujintou] (n) unpopulated island #16299

里山

[さとやま, satoyama] (n) (1) undeveloped woodland near populated area; (2) settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes #17667

過疎地

[かそち, kasochi] (n, adj-no) underpopulated area; lightly-populated area

過疎地域

[かそちいき, kasochiiki] (n) underpopulated area; lightly-populated area

完全実装

[かんぜんじっそう, kanzenjissou] (n, adj-no) { comp } fully populated

直下型地震

[ちょっかがたじしん, chokkagatajishin] (n) near-field earthquake (local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area)

日本のチベット

[にほんのチベット, nihonno chibetto] (exp) (col) unpopulated, undeveloped or high-altitude region of Japan

部分実装

[ぶぶんじっそう, bubunjissou] (n, adj-no) { comp } partially populated