populate
/ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/ verb C1- To supply with inhabitants; to people.
- To live in; to inhabit.
- To increase in number; to breed.
- To fill initially empty items in a collection. · John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.· Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid.
- To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
He/she/it populates · Past populated · Past participle populated · -ing form populating
Verb forms
- Base form
- populate
- He/she/it
- populates
- Past
- populated
- Past participle
- populated
- -ing form
- populating
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Bazalgette conceived a comprehensive and ingenious network of intercepting sewers designed to divert wastewater far away from the densely populated urban center.
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