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populate

verb
/ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/UK/ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/CA/ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).

  1. derived from populus
  2. borrowed from populātus

Definitions

  1. To supply with inhabitants

    To supply with inhabitants; to people.

  2. To live in

    To live in; to inhabit.

  3. To increase in number

    To increase in number; to breed.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.

    3. populous

The neighborhood

Derived

populatable, populated, populator

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at populate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01populate02live03survive04life-threatening05potentially06potential07location08populated

A definitional loop anchored at populate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at populate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA