INHABIT

Pronunciation (US):

• INHABIT (verb)
  The verb INHABIT has 2 senses:

1. inhabit or live in
2. be present in; be inside of

  Familiarity information: INHABIT used as a verb is rare.

• INHABIT (verb)

Meaning:

Inhabit or live in

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

inhabit; live; dwell

Context examples:

People lived in Africa millions of years ago / The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted / this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean

Hypernyms (to "inhabit" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inhabit"):

neighbor; neighbour (live or be located as a neighbor)

board; room (live and take one's meals at or in)

bivouac; camp; camp out; encamp; tent (live in or as if in a tent)

lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)

cohabit; shack up (room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple)

people; populate (furnish with people)

domicile; domiciliate; reside; shack (make one's home in a particular place or community)

lodge in; occupy; reside (live (in a certain place))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Be present in; be inside of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

occupy; inhabit

Hypernyms (to "inhabit" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inhabit"):

tenant (occupy as a tenant)

infest (live on or in a host, as of parasites)

infest; invade; overrun (occupy in large numbers or live on a host)

nest (inhabit a nest, usually after building)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something