English > inhabit: 3 senses > verb 1, stative| Meaning | Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted" |
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| Synonyms | populate, dwell, live |
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| Narrower | board, room | Live and take one's meals at or in |
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| camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent | Live in or as if in a tent |
| cohabit, live together, shack up | Share living quarters |
| lodge | Be a lodger |
| neighbor, neighbour | Live or be located as a neighbor |
| nest | Inhabit a nest, usually after building |
| occupy, reside, lodge in | Live (in a certain place) |
| overpopulate | Cause to have too great a population |
| people | Furnish with people |
| reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate | make one's home / home in a particular place or community |
| tenant | Occupy as a tenant / tenant |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
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| Spanish | habitar, morar, ocupar, poblar, residir, vivir |
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| Catalan | habitar, morar, ocupar, poblar, residir, viure |
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| Nouns | inhabitancy, inhabitation | the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) |
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| inhabitant | a person who inhabits a particular place |
