populate

About 0.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To supply with inhabitants; to people.
2. verb To live in; to inhabit.
3. verb To increase in number; to breed.
4. verb To fill initially empty items in a collection.

   John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.

5. verb To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
6. adjective populous

Similar words

inhabit people reside shack live dwell occupy settle enter enrich

Often followed by

the a it this our his and them these their

Word family

populated populates populating