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"
A shack is a simple hut built from tin, wood, or other materials. a small building that has not been built very well (Perhaps from shackly (19-20 centuries), or from jacal , from xacalli). shack up to start living with someone who you have sex with but are not married to - used to show disapproval shack up with