Dictionary Definition
inhabit
Verb
1 make one's home or live in; "She resides
officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These
people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The
plains are sparsely populated" [syn: dwell, shack, reside, live, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate]
2 be present in; be inside of [syn: occupy]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes with: -æbɪt
Verb
Related terms
Translations
to live or reside in some place
- Finnish: asuttaa
to be present in some place
- Finnish: täyttää
Extensive Definition
Inhabit means to live in, reside in, occupy or
populate some
place.
Inhabit may also refer to:
- Inhabit (album), an album by Living Sacrifice
- Inhabited (group), a rock group
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abide,
abide in, anchor, be
coextensive with, be comprised in, be constituted by, be contained
in, be present in, berth,
billet at, bivouac,
bunk, burrow, camp, cohabit, colonize, come to anchor,
consist in, denizen,
domesticate,
domicile, domiciliate, doss down, drop
anchor, dwell, dwell in,
empeople, ensconce, establish residence,
exist in, hang out, hive,
inhere in, keep house, lie in, live, live at, live in, locate, lodge, moor, move, nest, occupy, park, people, perch, plant, populate, relocate, remain, repose in, reside, reside in, rest in,
room, roost, set up housekeeping, set up
shop, settle, settle
down, settle in, sit down, squat, stand, stay, stay at, strike root, subsist
in, take residence at, take root, take up residence, tenant