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relocate collapse: move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"; become established in a new location; "Our company relocated to the Midwest"

colonize collapse: settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"; settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"

domesticate collapse: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"; overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"; adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

reside collapse: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"

locate collapse: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"; assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

dwelling collapse: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

roost collapse: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep; a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds; settle down or stay, as if on a roost

nest collapse: a kind of gun emplacement; "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers"; furniture pieces made to fit close together; a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; "a nest of thieves"; a cosy or secluded retreat; a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young; gather nests; fit together or fit inside; "nested bowls"; inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

perch collapse: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes; spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes; support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird); any of numerous fishes of America and Europe; an elevated place serving as a seat; a square rod of land; a linear measure of 16.5 feet; sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"; cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"

hive collapse: a teeming multitude; gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"; move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"; store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"

burrow collapse: a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"

anchor collapse: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving; a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"; a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute; secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore"; fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

inmate collapse: one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)

residency collapse: the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship); the act of dwelling in a place

denizen collapse: a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of the deep"

inpatient collapse: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

resident collapse: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there; living in a particular place; "resident aliens"

castle collapse: interchanging the positions of the king and a rook; a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack; (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard; move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

park collapse: a gear position that acts as a parking brake; "the put the car in park and got out"; a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park"; a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"; Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806); place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker"; maneuver a vehicle into a parking space; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?"

squat collapse: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels; having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground; sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"; occupy (a dwelling) illegally; be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"

people collapse: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"; members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"; fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"; furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated"

residence collapse: the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence"; any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences"

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