inhabited
adj.adj. describing a place where people or animals live. If a house is inhabited, it is not empty.
adj. occupied by people or animals as a place of residence. Often follows a linking verb or precedes a noun to indicate the presence of inhabitants.
The old castle is still inhabited by a local family.
Researchers were surprised to find that the remote island was inhabited by a small community of fishermen.
While the lower valleys remain densely inhabited, the higher mountain reaches have been largely abandoned due to the increasingly harsh winter conditions.
Commonly used as a participial adjective; often appears in the passive construction 'is inhabited by'.
The island is inhabited with birds.The island is inhabited by birds.The verb or adjective 'inhabited' typically takes the preposition 'by' to introduce the residents.