inhabit
Make one's home
To inhabit a place is to live there—humans inhabit cities, animals inhabit forests, spirits inhabit haunted houses.
The word emphasizes ongoing residence rather than mere presence: Fish inhabit these waters.
Figuratively, ideas or feelings can inhabit the mind: A strange melancholy inhabited her.
An inhabited place has residents; an uninhabited one is empty of life.
Live in a place
residence · shelter · homestead · quarters · tenant · occupant · lodger · householder
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- nicheRecessed wall space
- biomeMajor ecological community
- endemicNative to one area
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
fauna · flora · biodiversity · territory · range · burrow · den · nest
Establish control over territory
- populateFill with inhabitants
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- establishCreate formally, permanently
- migrateMove to new region
immigrate · occupy · transplant · found · settle · repopulate · disperse · spread
Originating from a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- autochthonousOriginating where found
- tribalOf a clan
homeland · traditional · heritage · territory · indigenous · ethnic · customary · lineage
To own or hold
- permeateSpread through entirely
- infuseSaturate by steeping
- animateGive life to
- pervadeSpread throughout completely
suffuse · occupy · spirit · essence · presence · manifest · indwell · ensoul
Interspecies biological interdependence
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- commensalismNeutral host, benefiting guest
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
sharing · equilibrium · interspecies · tolerance · cooperative · integration · balance · overlap
reside
Live in a place
dwelling · residence · shelter · homestead · quarters · tenant · occupant · lodger · householder · denizen
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
species · fauna · flora · biodiversity · territory · range · burrow · den · nest · roost
colonize
Establish control over territory
migrate · immigrate · occupy · transplant · found · settle · repopulate · disperse · spread · emigrate
native
Originating from a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- autochthonousOriginating where found
tribal · homeland · traditional · heritage · territory · indigenous · ethnic · customary · lineage · clan
possess
To own or hold
pervade · suffuse · occupy · spirit · essence · presence · manifest · indwell · ensoul · imbue
symbiosis
Interspecies biological interdependence
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- commensalismNeutral host, benefiting guest
interdependence · sharing · equilibrium · interspecies · tolerance · cooperative · integration · balance · overlap · territorial
- staying putwait, staying, linger, waiting, remain
- performingperform, sing, play, act, dance
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- adaptadapt, adjust, acclimate, accommodate, accustom
- settle downcalm down, relax, chill out, cool off, simmer down
- settle meaningsagree, compromise, reconcile, negotiate, decide
- original inhabitantsFirst to occupy land
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