Other Definitions people (enc)
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People| Noun | 1. | people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit ancients - people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe) baffled - people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled" blind - people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours reading to the blind" blood - people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization" brave - people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave" cautious, timid - people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" damned - people who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned" dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead" living - people who are still living; "save your pity for the living" deaf - people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language" disabled - people who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled" doomed, lost - people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" enemy - any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy" common people, folk - people in general; "they're just country folk"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" free, free people - people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" homebound - people who are confined to their homes homeless - people who are homeless; "the homeless lived on the city streets" enlightened, initiate - people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate" uninitiate - people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it diverts the attention of the uninitiate" mentally retarded - people who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the mentally retarded" network army - a group of like-minded people united by the internet; a new kind of social or political of business group that may exert broad influence on a shared concern; "a network army of software programmers contribute free software to those who want it" peanut gallery - (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance); "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery" pocket - a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance" retreated - people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated" sick - people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick" maimed, wounded - people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell" migration - a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) a people, nation, country, land - the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" | | | 2. | people - the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit electorate - the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote governed - the body of people who are citizens of a particular government; "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"--Declaration of Independence citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community | | | 3. | people - the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit audience - the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions" | | | 4. | people - members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?" | | | Verb | 1. | people - fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" | | | 2. | people - make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"rusticate - live in the country and lead a rustic life overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" cohabit, shack up - room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple lodge - be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" room, board - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" | |
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