Populated
[ˈpɑːpjuleɪtid]
Definition
(adj.) furnished with inhabitants; 'the area is well populated'; 'forests populated with all kinds of wild life' .
Edited by Jessica--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Populate
Editor: Tamara
Examples
- And away went the coach up Whitechapel, to the admiration of the whole population of that pretty densely populated quarter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A country populated by pure logicians and mathematical scientists would, I believe, produce few inventions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Benjamin was from Indiana, still less populated, where the wolf yet roamed over the prairies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Streams which flow through populated regions are apt to be contaminated, and hence water from them requires public filtration. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In time, I populated Melnos accorded to my mind, and then set my new subjects to work on dwellings and industries. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Their world is not populated by men and women, but by a Unity that is Permanent. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Tamara